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#6889EE

#6889ee ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#6889ee is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 40.78% red, 53.73% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 56.3% cyan, 42.44% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 225.22°, with 79.76% saturation and 67.06% 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 6.4:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 4.47.

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Web safe#6699ff
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Relative luminance0.2701

Complementary

  1. #6889ee
  2. #eecd68

Split complementary

  1. #6889ee
  2. #ee8a68
  3. #ccee68

Analogous

  1. #68ccee
  2. #6889ee
  3. #8a68ee

Triadic

  1. #6889ee
  2. #ee6889
  3. #89ee68

Tetradic

  1. #6889ee
  2. #cd68ee
  3. #eecd68
  4. #89ee68

Square

  1. #6889ee
  2. #ee68cc
  3. #eecd68
  4. #68ee8a

Monochromatic

  1. #1338aa
  2. #2353e6
  3. #6889ee
  4. #adbff6
  5. #edf1fd

Shades

#6889ee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #6889ee
  2. #5e7bd6
  3. #536ebe
  4. #4960a7
  5. #3e528f
  6. #344577
  7. #2a375f
  8. #1f2947
  9. #151b30
  10. #0a0e18
  11. #000000

Tints

#6889ee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #6889ee
  2. #7795f0
  3. #86a1f1
  4. #95acf3
  5. #a4b8f5
  6. #b4c4f7
  7. #c3d0f8
  8. #d2dcfa
  9. #e1e7fc
  10. #f0f3fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#6889ee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #6889ee
  2. #6a88e3
  3. #6d87d8
  4. #6f86cd
  5. #7285c2
  6. #7485b7
  7. #7684ac
  8. #7983a1
  9. #7b8296
  10. #7e818b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.28:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.4:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8e8e8e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #808cbc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5d94f2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4b88ec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #069fb0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6290f0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5889ed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #4397cc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-6889ee {
  color: #6889ee;
}
Background
.bg-6889ee {
  background-color: #6889ee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-6889ee {
  border: 2px solid #6889ee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #6889ee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 104 137 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 225 80% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-6889ee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6889ee, #8a68ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-6889ee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(104 137 238 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 4.47 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 4.92 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 6.87 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.30 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.45 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 9.18 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 9.50 #977611 Inverted #8e8e8e Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#6889ee  rgb(104, 137, 238)  hsl(225, 80%, 67%)  Cornflower Blue
#eecd68  rgb(238, 205, 104)  hsl(45, 80%, 67%)  Naples Yellow
#ee6889  rgb(238, 104, 137)  hsl(345, 80%, 67%)  Blush
#89ee68  rgb(137, 238, 104)  hsl(105, 80%, 67%)  Light Green