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#5E99EA

#5e99ea ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#5e99ea is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 36.86% red, 60% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 59.83% cyan, 34.62% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 214.71°, with 76.92% saturation and 64.31% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.22:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 2.22.

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Web safe#6699ff
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Relative luminance0.311

Complementary

  1. #5e99ea
  2. #eaaf5e

Split complementary

  1. #5e99ea
  2. #ea695e
  3. #dfea5e

Analogous

  1. #5edfea
  2. #5e99ea
  3. #695eea

Triadic

  1. #5e99ea
  2. #ea5e99
  3. #99ea5e

Tetradic

  1. #5e99ea
  2. #af5eea
  3. #eaaf5e
  4. #99ea5e

Square

  1. #5e99ea
  2. #ea5edf
  3. #eaaf5e
  4. #5eea69

Monochromatic

  1. #144d9b
  2. #1d6fde
  3. #5e99ea
  4. #a2c4f3
  5. #e5effc

Shades

#5e99ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5e99ea
  2. #558ad3
  3. #4b7abb
  4. #426ba4
  5. #385c8c
  6. #2f4d75
  7. #263d5e
  8. #1c2e46
  9. #131f2f
  10. #090f17
  11. #000000

Tints

#5e99ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5e99ea
  2. #6ea3ec
  3. #7eadee
  4. #8eb8f0
  5. #9ec2f2
  6. #afccf5
  7. #bfd6f7
  8. #cfe0f9
  9. #dfebfb
  10. #eff5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5e99ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5e99ea
  2. #6197df
  3. #6594d5
  4. #6892ca
  5. #6c8fc0
  6. #6f8db5
  7. #728aaa
  8. #7688a0
  9. #798595
  10. #7d838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.91:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.22:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8498be ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #779fed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6491e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00abb7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6e9cec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6294e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #2da4cd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5e99ea {
  color: #5e99ea;
}
Background
.bg-5e99ea {
  background-color: #5e99ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5e99ea {
  border: 2px solid #5e99ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5e99ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 94 153 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 215 77% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5e99ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5e99ea, #695eea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5e99ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(94 153 234 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 2.22 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 2.23 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 4.39 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.33 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.60 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.18 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 9.37 #a16615 Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#5e99ea  rgb(94, 153, 234)  hsl(215, 77%, 64%)  Cornflower Blue
#eaaf5e  rgb(234, 175, 94)  hsl(35, 77%, 64%)  Indian Yellow
#ea5e99  rgb(234, 94, 153)  hsl(335, 77%, 64%)  Brilliant Rose
#99ea5e  rgb(153, 234, 94)  hsl(95, 77%, 64%)  Inchworm