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#699DDA

#699dda ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#699dda is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 41.18% red, 61.57% green and 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 51.83% cyan, 27.98% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 212.39°, with 60.43% saturation and 63.33% 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 7.44:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 3.4.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.3218

Complementary

  1. #699dda
  2. #daa669

Split complementary

  1. #699dda
  2. #da6d69
  3. #d5da69

Analogous

  1. #69d5da
  2. #699dda
  3. #6d69da

Triadic

  1. #699dda
  2. #da699d
  3. #9dda69

Tetradic

  1. #699dda
  2. #a669da
  3. #daa669
  4. #9dda69

Square

  1. #699dda
  2. #da69d5
  3. #daa669
  4. #69da6d

Monochromatic

  1. #225188
  2. #3175c6
  3. #699dda
  4. #a6c5e9
  5. #e4edf8

Shades

#699dda mixed progressively with black.

  1. #699dda
  2. #5f8dc4
  3. #547eae
  4. #4a6e99
  5. #3f5e83
  6. #354f6d
  7. #2a3f57
  8. #202f41
  9. #151f2c
  10. #0b1016
  11. #000000

Tints

#699dda mixed progressively with white.

  1. #699dda
  2. #78a7de
  3. #87b1e1
  4. #96bae5
  5. #a5c4e9
  6. #b4ceed
  7. #c3d8f0
  8. #d2e2f4
  9. #e1ebf8
  10. #f0f5fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#699dda mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #699dda
  2. #6b9ad1
  3. #6e97c8
  4. #7094bf
  5. #7291b6
  6. #758fad
  7. #778ca4
  8. #79899b
  9. #7b8692
  10. #7e8389
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.82:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.44:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #899bb7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #85a0dd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7695d9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #2dabb2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7a9fdc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7198d9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #4ca5c3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-699dda {
  color: #699dda;
}
Background
.bg-699dda {
  background-color: #699dda;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-699dda {
  border: 2px solid #699dda;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #699dda;
  --color-primary-rgb: 105 157 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 212 60% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-699dda {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #699dda, #6d69da);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-699dda {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(105 157 218 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 3.40 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 3.60 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 3.87 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.95 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.93 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.52 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.33 #966225 Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#699dda  rgb(105, 157, 218)  hsl(212, 60%, 63%)  Cornflower Blue
#daa669  rgb(218, 166, 105)  hsl(32, 60%, 63%)  Fawn
#da699d  rgb(218, 105, 157)  hsl(332, 60%, 63%)  Thulian Pink
#9dda69  rgb(157, 218, 105)  hsl(92, 60%, 63%)  Inchworm