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#5E9EEF

#5e9eef ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#5e9eef is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 36.86% red, 61.96% green and 93.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 60.67% cyan, 33.89% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 213.52°, with 81.92% saturation and 65.29% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.61:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 3.64.

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Web safe#6699ff
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Relative luminance0.3307

Complementary

  1. #5e9eef
  2. #efaf5e

Split complementary

  1. #5e9eef
  2. #ef665e
  3. #e6ef5e

Analogous

  1. #5ee6ef
  2. #5e9eef
  3. #665eef

Triadic

  1. #5e9eef
  2. #ef5e9e
  3. #9eef5e

Tetradic

  1. #5e9eef
  2. #af5eef
  3. #efaf5e
  4. #9eef5e

Square

  1. #5e9eef
  2. #ef5ee6
  3. #efaf5e
  4. #5eef66

Monochromatic

  1. #1051a4
  2. #1874e8
  3. #5e9eef
  4. #a4c8f6
  5. #e9f2fd

Shades

#5e9eef mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5e9eef
  2. #558ed7
  3. #4b7ebf
  4. #426fa7
  5. #385f8f
  6. #2f4f78
  7. #263f60
  8. #1c2f48
  9. #132030
  10. #091018
  11. #000000

Tints

#5e9eef mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5e9eef
  2. #6ea8f1
  3. #7eb1f2
  4. #8ebbf4
  5. #9ec5f5
  6. #afcff7
  7. #bfd8f9
  8. #cfe2fa
  9. #dfecfc
  10. #eff5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5e9eef mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5e9eef
  2. #619be4
  3. #6598d9
  4. #6895ce
  5. #6c92c3
  6. #6f8fb8
  7. #728cac
  8. #7689a1
  9. #798696
  10. #7d838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.76:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.61:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9c9c9c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #879dc3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7ca3f2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6895ed ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b0bb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #71a1f1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6499ee ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #28a9d2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5e9eef {
  color: #5e9eef;
}
Background
.bg-5e9eef {
  background-color: #5e9eef;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5e9eef {
  border: 2px solid #5e9eef;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5e9eef;
  --color-primary-rgb: 94 158 239;
  --color-primary-hsl: 214 82% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5e9eef {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5e9eef, #665eef);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5e9eef {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(94 158 239 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 3.64 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 3.87 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 4.85 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 4.99 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.61 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.29 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.69 #a16110 Inverted #9c9c9c Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#5e9eef  rgb(94, 158, 239)  hsl(214, 82%, 65%)  Cornflower Blue
#efaf5e  rgb(239, 175, 94)  hsl(34, 82%, 65%)  Indian Yellow
#ef5e9e  rgb(239, 94, 158)  hsl(334, 82%, 65%)  Brilliant Rose
#9eef5e  rgb(158, 239, 94)  hsl(94, 82%, 65%)  Inchworm