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#6799EA

#6799ea ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#6799ea is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 40.39% red, 60% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 55.98% cyan, 34.62% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 217.1°, with 75.72% 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 7.32:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 1.26.

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Web safe#6699ff
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Relative luminance0.3161

Complementary

  1. #6799ea
  2. #eab867

Split complementary

  1. #6799ea
  2. #ea7767
  3. #daea67

Analogous

  1. #67daea
  2. #6799ea
  3. #7767ea

Triadic

  1. #6799ea
  2. #ea6799
  3. #99ea67

Tetradic

  1. #6799ea
  2. #b867ea
  3. #eab867
  4. #99ea67

Square

  1. #6799ea
  2. #ea67da
  3. #eab867
  4. #67ea77

Monochromatic

  1. #164ca2
  2. #246ce1
  3. #6799ea
  4. #aac6f3
  5. #edf3fd

Shades

#6799ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #6799ea
  2. #5d8ad3
  3. #527abb
  4. #486ba4
  5. #3e5c8c
  6. #344d75
  7. #293d5e
  8. #1f2e46
  9. #151f2f
  10. #0a0f17
  11. #000000

Tints

#6799ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #6799ea
  2. #76a3ec
  3. #85adee
  4. #95b8f0
  5. #a4c2f2
  6. #b3ccf5
  7. #c2d6f7
  8. #d1e0f9
  9. #e1ebfb
  10. #f0f5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#6799ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #6799ea
  2. #6a97df
  3. #6c94d5
  4. #6f92ca
  5. #718fc0
  6. #748db5
  7. #768aaa
  8. #7988a0
  9. #7b8595
  10. #7e838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.87:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.32:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8799bf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #789fed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6793e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00abb7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #719dec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6795e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #41a4cd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-6799ea {
  color: #6799ea;
}
Background
.bg-6799ea {
  background-color: #6799ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-6799ea {
  border: 2px solid #6799ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #6799ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 103 153 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 217 76% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-6799ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6799ea, #7767ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-6799ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(103 153 234 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 1.26 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 2.42 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.66 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.85 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.44 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 7.18 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 9.18 #986615 Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#6799ea  rgb(103, 153, 234)  hsl(217, 76%, 66%)  Cornflower Blue
#eab867  rgb(234, 184, 103)  hsl(37, 76%, 66%)  Indian Yellow
#ea6799  rgb(234, 103, 153)  hsl(337, 76%, 66%)  Thulian Pink
#99ea67  rgb(153, 234, 103)  hsl(97, 76%, 66%)  Inchworm