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#668EEA

#668eea ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#668eea is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 40% red, 55.69% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 56.41% cyan, 39.32% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 221.82°, 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 6.62:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 2.55.

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Web safe#6699ff
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Relative luminance0.2811

Complementary

  1. #668eea
  2. #eac266

Split complementary

  1. #668eea
  2. #ea8066
  3. #d0ea66

Analogous

  1. #66d0ea
  2. #668eea
  3. #8066ea

Triadic

  1. #668eea
  2. #ea668e
  3. #8eea66

Tetradic

  1. #668eea
  2. #c266ea
  3. #eac266
  4. #8eea66

Square

  1. #668eea
  2. #ea66d0
  3. #eac266
  4. #66ea80

Monochromatic

  1. #1640a1
  2. #235ce1
  3. #668eea
  4. #a9c0f3
  5. #edf1fc

Shades

#668eea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #668eea
  2. #5c80d3
  3. #5272bb
  4. #4763a4
  5. #3d558c
  6. #334775
  7. #29395e
  8. #1f2b46
  9. #141c2f
  10. #0a0e17
  11. #000000

Tints

#668eea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #668eea
  2. #7599ec
  3. #85a5ee
  4. #94b0f0
  5. #a3bbf2
  6. #b3c7f5
  7. #c2d2f7
  8. #d1ddf9
  9. #e0e8fb
  10. #f0f4fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#668eea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #668eea
  2. #698ddf
  3. #6b8bd5
  4. #6e8aca
  5. #7088c0
  6. #7387b5
  7. #7686aa
  8. #7884a0
  9. #7b8395
  10. #7d818b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.17:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.62:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #919191 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8290bb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6797ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #568be8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a2b1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6793ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5d8ce9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #419bca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-668eea {
  color: #668eea;
}
Background
.bg-668eea {
  background-color: #668eea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-668eea {
  border: 2px solid #668eea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #668eea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 102 142 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 222 76% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-668eea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #668eea, #8066ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-668eea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(102 142 234 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 2.55 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 3.06 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.90 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.91 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 6.97 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.64 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 9.00 #997115 Inverted #919191 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#668eea  rgb(102, 142, 234)  hsl(222, 76%, 66%)  Cornflower Blue
#eac266  rgb(234, 194, 102)  hsl(42, 76%, 66%)  Meat Brown
#ea668e  rgb(234, 102, 142)  hsl(342, 76%, 66%)  Pale Violet Red
#8eea66  rgb(142, 234, 102)  hsl(102, 76%, 66%)  Inchworm