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#689EE8

#689ee8 ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#689ee8 is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 40.78% red, 61.96% green and 90.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 55.17% cyan, 31.9% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 214.69°, with 73.56% saturation and 65.88% 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 7.64:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 2.93.

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Web safe#6699ff
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Relative luminance0.3322

Complementary

  1. #689ee8
  2. #e8b268

Split complementary

  1. #689ee8
  2. #e87268
  3. #dee868

Analogous

  1. #68dee8
  2. #689ee8
  3. #7268e8

Triadic

  1. #689ee8
  2. #e8689e
  3. #9ee868

Tetradic

  1. #689ee8
  2. #b268e8
  3. #e8b268
  4. #9ee868

Square

  1. #689ee8
  2. #e868de
  3. #e8b268
  4. #68e872

Monochromatic

  1. #18519f
  2. #2673de
  3. #689ee8
  4. #aac9f2
  5. #edf3fc

Shades

#689ee8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #689ee8
  2. #5e8ed1
  3. #537eba
  4. #496fa2
  5. #3e5f8b
  6. #344f74
  7. #2a3f5d
  8. #1f2f46
  9. #15202e
  10. #0a1017
  11. #000000

Tints

#689ee8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #689ee8
  2. #77a8ea
  3. #86b1ed
  4. #95bbef
  5. #a4c5f1
  6. #b4cff4
  7. #c3d8f6
  8. #d2e2f8
  9. #e1ecfa
  10. #f0f5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#689ee8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #689ee8
  2. #6a9bde
  3. #6d98d3
  4. #6f95c9
  5. #7292be
  6. #748fb4
  7. #768caa
  8. #79899f
  9. #7b8695
  10. #7e838a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.75:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.64:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9c9c9c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8a9dbf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #80a3eb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7096e6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0bafb9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #77a1ea ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6d9ae7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #44a8cd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-689ee8 {
  color: #689ee8;
}
Background
.bg-689ee8 {
  background-color: #689ee8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-689ee8 {
  border: 2px solid #689ee8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #689ee8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 104 158 232;
  --color-primary-hsl: 215 74% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-689ee8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #689ee8, #7268e8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-689ee8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(104 158 232 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 2.93 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 3.63 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 4.61 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.88 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.04 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.88 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 10.32 #976117 Inverted #9c9c9c Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#689ee8  rgb(104, 158, 232)  hsl(215, 74%, 66%)  Cornflower Blue
#e8b268  rgb(232, 178, 104)  hsl(35, 74%, 66%)  Indian Yellow
#e8689e  rgb(232, 104, 158)  hsl(335, 74%, 66%)  Thulian Pink
#9ee868  rgb(158, 232, 104)  hsl(95, 74%, 66%)  Inchworm