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#689EE3

#689ee3 ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#689ee3 is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 40.78% red, 61.96% green and 89.02% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 54.19% cyan, 30.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.98% black. Its hue angle is 213.66°, with 68.72% saturation and 64.9% 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 7.59:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 3.17.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.3294

Complementary

  1. #689ee3
  2. #e3ad68

Split complementary

  1. #689ee3
  2. #e36f68
  3. #dbe368

Analogous

  1. #68dbe3
  2. #689ee3
  3. #6f68e3

Triadic

  1. #689ee3
  2. #e3689e
  3. #9ee368

Tetradic

  1. #689ee3
  2. #ad68e3
  3. #e3ad68
  4. #9ee368

Square

  1. #689ee3
  2. #e368db
  3. #e3ad68
  4. #68e36f

Monochromatic

  1. #1c5296
  2. #2875d7
  3. #689ee3
  4. #a9c7ef
  5. #e9f1fb

Shades

#689ee3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #689ee3
  2. #5e8ecc
  3. #537eb6
  4. #496f9f
  5. #3e5f88
  6. #344f72
  7. #2a3f5b
  8. #1f2f44
  9. #15202d
  10. #0a1017
  11. #000000

Tints

#689ee3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #689ee3
  2. #77a8e6
  3. #86b1e9
  4. #95bbeb
  5. #a4c5ee
  6. #b4cff1
  7. #c3d8f4
  8. #d2e2f7
  9. #e1ecf9
  10. #f0f5fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#689ee3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #689ee3
  2. #6a9bd9
  3. #6d98cf
  4. #6f95c5
  5. #7292bb
  6. #748fb2
  7. #768ca8
  8. #79899e
  9. #7b8694
  10. #7e838a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.77:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.59:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8a9cbc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #82a2e6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7396e2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #1aaeb6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #79a0e5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6e99e2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #46a8ca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-689ee3 {
  color: #689ee3;
}
Background
.bg-689ee3 {
  background-color: #689ee3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-689ee3 {
  border: 2px solid #689ee3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #689ee3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 104 158 227;
  --color-primary-hsl: 214 69% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-689ee3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #689ee3, #6f68e3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-689ee3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(104 158 227 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 3.17 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 3.65 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 4.25 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.54 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.84 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.72 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 10.12 #97611c Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#689ee3  rgb(104, 158, 227)  hsl(214, 69%, 65%)  Cornflower Blue
#e3ad68  rgb(227, 173, 104)  hsl(34, 69%, 65%)  Indian Yellow
#e3689e  rgb(227, 104, 158)  hsl(334, 69%, 65%)  Thulian Pink
#9ee368  rgb(158, 227, 104)  hsl(94, 69%, 65%)  Inchworm