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#6A91FA

#6a91fa ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#6a91fa is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 41.57% red, 56.86% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 57.6% cyan, 42% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 223.75°, with 93.51% saturation and 69.8% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.04:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 2.75.

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Web safe#6699ff
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Relative luminance0.3022

Complementary

  1. #6a91fa
  2. #fad36a

Split complementary

  1. #6a91fa
  2. #fa8b6a
  3. #d9fa6a

Analogous

  1. #6ad9fa
  2. #6a91fa
  3. #8b6afa

Triadic

  1. #6a91fa
  2. #fa6a91
  3. #91fa6a

Tetradic

  1. #6a91fa
  2. #d36afa
  3. #fad36a
  4. #91fa6a

Square

  1. #6a91fa
  2. #fa6ad9
  3. #fad36a
  4. #6afa8b

Monochromatic

  1. #073ac4
  2. #205af8
  3. #6a91fa
  4. #b4c8fc
  5. #ebf0fe

Shades

#6a91fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #6a91fa
  2. #5f83e1
  3. #5574c8
  4. #4a66af
  5. #405796
  6. #35497d
  7. #2a3a64
  8. #202c4b
  9. #151d32
  10. #0b0f19
  11. #000000

Tints

#6a91fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #6a91fa
  2. #799cfb
  3. #88a7fb
  4. #97b2fc
  5. #a6bdfc
  6. #b5c8fd
  7. #c3d3fd
  8. #d2defe
  9. #e1e9fe
  10. #f0f4ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#6a91fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #6a91fa
  2. #6c8fee
  3. #6e8ee2
  4. #718cd5
  5. #738ac9
  6. #7589bd
  7. #7787b1
  8. #7985a5
  9. #7c8398
  10. #7e828c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.98:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.04:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #959595 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8694c6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #639cfe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4f8ff8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a8b9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6698fc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5b90f9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #40a0d6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-6a91fa {
  color: #6a91fa;
}
Background
.bg-6a91fa {
  background-color: #6a91fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-6a91fa {
  border: 2px solid #6a91fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #6a91fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 106 145 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 224 94% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-6a91fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6a91fa, #8b6afa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-6a91fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(106 145 250 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 2.75 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 4.08 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.54 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.12 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.40 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 8.89 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 10.15 #956e05 Inverted #959595 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#6a91fa  rgb(106, 145, 250)  hsl(224, 94%, 70%)  Cornflower Blue
#fad36a  rgb(250, 211, 106)  hsl(44, 94%, 70%)  Naples Yellow
#fa6a91  rgb(250, 106, 145)  hsl(344, 94%, 70%)  Pale Violet Red
#91fa6a  rgb(145, 250, 106)  hsl(104, 94%, 70%)  Mint Green