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#6498EA

#6498ea ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#6498ea is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 39.22% red, 59.61% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 57.26% cyan, 35.04% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 216.72°, with 76.14% saturation and 65.49% 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 1.14.

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Relative luminance0.3111

Complementary

  1. #6498ea
  2. #eab664

Split complementary

  1. #6498ea
  2. #ea7364
  3. #dbea64

Analogous

  1. #64dbea
  2. #6498ea
  3. #7364ea

Triadic

  1. #6498ea
  2. #ea6498
  3. #98ea64

Tetradic

  1. #6498ea
  2. #b664ea
  3. #eab664
  4. #98ea64

Square

  1. #6498ea
  2. #ea64db
  3. #eab664
  4. #64ea73

Monochromatic

  1. #164b9f
  2. #216be1
  3. #6498ea
  4. #a7c5f3
  5. #ebf2fc

Shades

#6498ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #6498ea
  2. #5a89d3
  3. #507abb
  4. #466aa4
  5. #3c5b8c
  6. #324c75
  7. #283d5e
  8. #1e2e46
  9. #141e2f
  10. #0a0f17
  11. #000000

Tints

#6498ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #6498ea
  2. #74a2ec
  3. #83adee
  4. #93b7f0
  5. #a2c1f2
  6. #b2ccf5
  7. #c1d6f7
  8. #d1e0f9
  9. #e0eafb
  10. #f0f5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#6498ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #6498ea
  2. #6796df
  3. #6a93d5
  4. #6c91ca
  5. #6f8ec0
  6. #728cb5
  7. #758aaa
  8. #7887a0
  9. #7a8595
  10. #7d828b
  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 #8698be ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #769eed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6592e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00aab6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6f9cec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6494e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #3ba3cd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-6498ea {
  color: #6498ea;
}
Background
.bg-6498ea {
  background-color: #6498ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-6498ea {
  border: 2px solid #6498ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #6498ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 100 152 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 217 76% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-6498ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6498ea, #7364ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-6498ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(100 152 234 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 1.14 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 2.02 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.22 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.97 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.99 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 7.06 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 8.98 #9b6715 Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#6498ea  rgb(100, 152, 234)  hsl(217, 76%, 65%)  Cornflower Blue
#eab664  rgb(234, 182, 100)  hsl(37, 76%, 65%)  Indian Yellow
#ea6498  rgb(234, 100, 152)  hsl(337, 76%, 65%)  Thulian Pink
#98ea64  rgb(152, 234, 100)  hsl(97, 76%, 65%)  Inchworm