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#668DEE

#668dee ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#668dee is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 40% red, 55.29% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 57.14% cyan, 40.76% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 222.79°, with 80% saturation and 66.67% 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 6.61:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 2.93.

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Web safe#6699ff
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Relative luminance0.2805

Complementary

  1. #668dee
  2. #eec766

Split complementary

  1. #668dee
  2. #ee8366
  3. #d1ee66

Analogous

  1. #66d1ee
  2. #668dee
  3. #8366ee

Triadic

  1. #668dee
  2. #ee668d
  3. #8dee66

Tetradic

  1. #668dee
  2. #c766ee
  3. #eec766
  4. #8dee66

Square

  1. #668dee
  2. #ee66d1
  3. #eec766
  4. #66ee83

Monochromatic

  1. #133ea8
  2. #215ae6
  3. #668dee
  4. #abc0f6
  5. #edf1fd

Shades

#668dee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #668dee
  2. #5c7fd6
  3. #5271be
  4. #4763a7
  5. #3d558f
  6. #334777
  7. #29385f
  8. #1f2a47
  9. #141c30
  10. #0a0e18
  11. #000000

Tints

#668dee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #668dee
  2. #7598f0
  3. #85a4f1
  4. #94aff3
  5. #a3bbf5
  6. #b3c6f7
  7. #c2d1f8
  8. #d1ddfa
  9. #e0e8fc
  10. #f0f4fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#668dee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #668dee
  2. #698ce3
  3. #6b8ad8
  4. #6e89cd
  5. #7088c2
  6. #7387b7
  7. #7685ac
  8. #7884a1
  9. #7b8396
  10. #7d818b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.18:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.61:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #909090 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #828fbd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6397f2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #518bec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a2b2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6493f0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5a8ced ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #3f9acd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-668dee {
  color: #668dee;
}
Background
.bg-668dee {
  background-color: #668dee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-668dee {
  border: 2px solid #668dee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #668dee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 102 141 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 223 80% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-668dee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #668dee, #8366ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-668dee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(102 141 238 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 2.93 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 3.52 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 7.18 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.20 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.26 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.97 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 9.19 #997211 Inverted #909090 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#668dee  rgb(102, 141, 238)  hsl(223, 80%, 67%)  Cornflower Blue
#eec766  rgb(238, 199, 102)  hsl(43, 80%, 67%)  Meat Brown
#ee668d  rgb(238, 102, 141)  hsl(343, 80%, 67%)  Blush
#8dee66  rgb(141, 238, 102)  hsl(103, 80%, 67%)  Inchworm