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#6495ED

#6495ed Cornflower Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
  • cornflowerblue
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#6495ed (Cornflower Blue) is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 39.22% red, 58.43% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 57.81% cyan, 37.13% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 218.54°, with 79.19% saturation and 66.08% 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 7.06:1 (WCAG AAA).

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Web safe#6699ff
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Relative luminance0.3032

Complementary

  1. #6495ed
  2. #edbc64

Split complementary

  1. #6495ed
  2. #ed7864
  3. #daed64

Analogous

  1. #64daed
  2. #6495ed
  3. #7864ed

Triadic

  1. #6495ed
  2. #ed6495
  3. #95ed64

Tetradic

  1. #6495ed
  2. #bc64ed
  3. #edbc64
  4. #95ed64

Square

  1. #6495ed
  2. #ed64da
  3. #edbc64
  4. #64ed78

Monochromatic

  1. #1347a5
  2. #1f66e5
  3. #6495ed
  4. #a9c4f5
  5. #edf3fd

Shades

#6495ed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #6495ed
  2. #5a86d5
  3. #5077be
  4. #4668a6
  5. #3c598e
  6. #324b77
  7. #283c5f
  8. #1e2d47
  9. #141e2f
  10. #0a0f18
  11. #000000

Tints

#6495ed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #6495ed
  2. #74a0ef
  3. #83aaf1
  4. #93b5f2
  5. #a2bff4
  6. #b2caf6
  7. #c1d5f8
  8. #d1dffa
  9. #e0eafb
  10. #f0f4fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#6495ed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #6495ed
  2. #6793e2
  3. #6a91d7
  4. #6c8fcc
  5. #6f8dc1
  6. #728bb7
  7. #7588ac
  8. #7886a1
  9. #7a8496
  10. #7d828b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.97:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.06:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8595bf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #709df1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5e90eb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a9b6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6b9aef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6192ec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #3aa1ce ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-6495ed {
  color: #6495ed;
}
Background
.bg-6495ed {
  background-color: #6495ed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-6495ed {
  border: 2px solid #6495ed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #6495ed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 100 149 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 219 79% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-6495ed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6495ed, #7864ed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-6495ed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(100 149 237 / 0.35);
}

#5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 1.83 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.50 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.13 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.82 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 7.97 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 8.48 #9b6a12 Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#6495ed  rgb(100, 149, 237)  hsl(219, 79%, 66%)  Cornflower Blue
#edbc64  rgb(237, 188, 100)  hsl(39, 79%, 66%)  Topaz
#ed6495  rgb(237, 100, 149)  hsl(339, 79%, 66%)  Pale Violet Red
#95ed64  rgb(149, 237, 100)  hsl(99, 79%, 66%)  Inchworm