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#6898EE

#6898ee ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#6898ee is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 40.78% red, 59.61% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 56.3% cyan, 36.13% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 218.51°, with 79.76% saturation and 67.06% 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 7.31:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 0.93.

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Web safe#6699ff
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Relative luminance0.3157

Complementary

  1. #6898ee
  2. #eebe68

Split complementary

  1. #6898ee
  2. #ee7b68
  3. #dbee68

Analogous

  1. #68dbee
  2. #6898ee
  3. #7b68ee

Triadic

  1. #6898ee
  2. #ee6898
  3. #98ee68

Tetradic

  1. #6898ee
  2. #be68ee
  3. #eebe68
  4. #98ee68

Square

  1. #6898ee
  2. #ee68db
  3. #eebe68
  4. #68ee7b

Monochromatic

  1. #1349aa
  2. #2369e6
  3. #6898ee
  4. #adc7f6
  5. #edf2fd

Shades

#6898ee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #6898ee
  2. #5e89d6
  3. #537abe
  4. #496aa7
  5. #3e5b8f
  6. #344c77
  7. #2a3d5f
  8. #1f2e47
  9. #151e30
  10. #0a0f18
  11. #000000

Tints

#6898ee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #6898ee
  2. #77a2f0
  3. #86adf1
  4. #95b7f3
  5. #a4c1f5
  6. #b4ccf7
  7. #c3d6f8
  8. #d2e0fa
  9. #e1eafc
  10. #f0f5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#6898ee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #6898ee
  2. #6a96e3
  3. #6d93d8
  4. #6f91cd
  5. #728ec2
  6. #748cb7
  7. #768aac
  8. #7987a1
  9. #7b8596
  10. #7e828b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.87:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.31:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8898c1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #759ff2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6493ec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00abb8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #709cf0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6595ed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #41a4d0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-6898ee {
  color: #6898ee;
}
Background
.bg-6898ee {
  background-color: #6898ee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-6898ee {
  border: 2px solid #6898ee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #6898ee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 104 152 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 219 80% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-6898ee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6898ee, #7b68ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-6898ee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(104 152 238 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 0.93 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 2.57 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.97 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.31 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.77 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 7.81 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 9.19 #976711 Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#6898ee  rgb(104, 152, 238)  hsl(219, 80%, 67%)  Cornflower Blue
#eebe68  rgb(238, 190, 104)  hsl(39, 80%, 67%)  Topaz
#ee6898  rgb(238, 104, 152)  hsl(339, 80%, 67%)  Pale Violet Red
#98ee68  rgb(152, 238, 104)  hsl(99, 80%, 67%)  Inchworm