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#689EE7

#689ee7 ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#689ee7 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 90.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 54.98% cyan, 31.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.41% black. Its hue angle is 214.49°, with 72.57% saturation and 65.69% 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 7.63:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 2.97.

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Web safe#6699ff
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Relative luminance0.3317

Complementary

  1. #689ee7
  2. #e7b168

Split complementary

  1. #689ee7
  2. #e77268
  3. #dde768

Analogous

  1. #68dde7
  2. #689ee7
  3. #7268e7

Triadic

  1. #689ee7
  2. #e7689e
  3. #9ee768

Tetradic

  1. #689ee7
  2. #b168e7
  3. #e7b168
  4. #9ee768

Square

  1. #689ee7
  2. #e768dd
  3. #e7b168
  4. #68e772

Monochromatic

  1. #19519d
  2. #2674dd
  3. #689ee7
  4. #aac8f1
  5. #ecf3fc

Shades

#689ee7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #689ee7
  2. #5e8ed0
  3. #537eb9
  4. #496fa2
  5. #3e5f8b
  6. #344f74
  7. #2a3f5c
  8. #1f2f45
  9. #15202e
  10. #0a1017
  11. #000000

Tints

#689ee7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #689ee7
  2. #77a8e9
  3. #86b1ec
  4. #95bbee
  5. #a4c5f1
  6. #b4cff3
  7. #c3d8f5
  8. #d2e2f8
  9. #e1ecfa
  10. #f0f5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#689ee7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #689ee7
  2. #6a9bdd
  3. #6d98d2
  4. #6f95c8
  5. #7292be
  6. #748fb4
  7. #768ca9
  8. #79899f
  9. #7b8695
  10. #7e838a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.75:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.63:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9c9c9c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8a9dbf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #80a3ea ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7096e5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0faeb8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #77a1e9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6d99e6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #44a8cd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-689ee7 {
  color: #689ee7;
}
Background
.bg-689ee7 {
  background-color: #689ee7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-689ee7 {
  border: 2px solid #689ee7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #689ee7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 104 158 231;
  --color-primary-hsl: 214 73% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-689ee7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #689ee7, #7268e7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-689ee7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(104 158 231 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 2.97 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 3.62 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 4.54 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.86 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.95 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.84 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 10.27 #976118 Inverted #9c9c9c Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#689ee7  rgb(104, 158, 231)  hsl(214, 73%, 66%)  Cornflower Blue
#e7b168  rgb(231, 177, 104)  hsl(34, 73%, 66%)  Indian Yellow
#e7689e  rgb(231, 104, 158)  hsl(334, 73%, 66%)  Thulian Pink
#9ee768  rgb(158, 231, 104)  hsl(94, 73%, 66%)  Inchworm