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#668AEA

#668aea ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#668aea is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 40% red, 54.12% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 56.41% cyan, 41.03% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 223.64°, with 75.86% saturation and 65.88% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 6.39:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 3.91.

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Web safe#6699ff
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Relative luminance0.2694

Complementary

  1. #668aea
  2. #eac666

Split complementary

  1. #668aea
  2. #ea8466
  3. #ccea66

Analogous

  1. #66ccea
  2. #668aea
  3. #8466ea

Triadic

  1. #668aea
  2. #ea668a
  3. #8aea66

Tetradic

  1. #668aea
  2. #c666ea
  3. #eac666
  4. #8aea66

Square

  1. #668aea
  2. #ea66cc
  3. #eac666
  4. #66ea84

Monochromatic

  1. #163ca1
  2. #2357e1
  3. #668aea
  4. #a9bdf3
  5. #edf1fc

Shades

#668aea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #668aea
  2. #5c7cd3
  3. #526ebb
  4. #4761a4
  5. #3d538c
  6. #334575
  7. #29375e
  8. #1f2946
  9. #141c2f
  10. #0a0e17
  11. #000000

Tints

#668aea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #668aea
  2. #7596ec
  3. #85a1ee
  4. #94adf0
  5. #a3b9f2
  6. #b3c5f5
  7. #c2d0f7
  8. #d1dcf9
  9. #e0e8fb
  10. #f0f3fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#668aea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #668aea
  2. #6989df
  3. #6b88d5
  4. #6e87ca
  5. #7086c0
  6. #7385b5
  7. #7684aa
  8. #7883a0
  9. #7b8295
  10. #7d818b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.39:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8e8e8e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #808cba ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6194ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5088e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #019faf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6390ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5a89e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #4197c9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-668aea {
  color: #668aea;
}
Background
.bg-668aea {
  background-color: #668aea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-668aea {
  border: 2px solid #668aea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #668aea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 102 138 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 224 76% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-668aea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #668aea, #8466ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-668aea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(102 138 234 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 3.91 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 4.20 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 6.47 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.58 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.80 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 8.69 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.21 #997515 Inverted #8e8e8e Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#668aea  rgb(102, 138, 234)  hsl(224, 76%, 66%)  Cornflower Blue
#eac666  rgb(234, 198, 102)  hsl(44, 76%, 66%)  Meat Brown
#ea668a  rgb(234, 102, 138)  hsl(344, 76%, 66%)  Blush
#8aea66  rgb(138, 234, 102)  hsl(104, 76%, 66%)  Pastel Green