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#6F91EA

#6f91ea ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#6f91ea is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 43.53% red, 56.86% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 52.56% cyan, 38.03% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 223.41°, with 74.55% saturation and 67.65% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 6.91:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 2.87.

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Web safe#6699ff
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Relative luminance0.2957

Complementary

  1. #6f91ea
  2. #eac86f

Split complementary

  1. #6f91ea
  2. #ea8a6f
  3. #cfea6f

Analogous

  1. #6fcfea
  2. #6f91ea
  3. #8a6fea

Triadic

  1. #6f91ea
  2. #ea6f91
  3. #91ea6f

Tetradic

  1. #6f91ea
  2. #c86fea
  3. #eac86f
  4. #91ea6f

Square

  1. #6f91ea
  2. #ea6fcf
  3. #eac86f
  4. #6fea8a

Monochromatic

  1. #1840a8
  2. #2c5ee0
  3. #6f91ea
  4. #b2c4f4
  5. #edf1fc

Shades

#6f91ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #6f91ea
  2. #6483d3
  3. #5974bb
  4. #4e66a4
  5. #43578c
  6. #384975
  7. #2c3a5e
  8. #212c46
  9. #161d2f
  10. #0b0f17
  11. #000000

Tints

#6f91ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #6f91ea
  2. #7d9cec
  3. #8ca7ee
  4. #9ab2f0
  5. #a9bdf2
  6. #b7c8f5
  7. #c5d3f7
  8. #d4def9
  9. #e2e9fb
  10. #f1f4fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#6f91ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #6f91ea
  2. #718fdf
  3. #728ed5
  4. #748cca
  5. #768ac0
  6. #7889b5
  7. #7987aa
  8. #7b85a0
  9. #7d8395
  10. #7e828b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.04:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.91:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #949494 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8793bd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6d9aee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5f8fe8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #31a4b2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6e96ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6690e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #519dcb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-6f91ea {
  color: #6f91ea;
}
Background
.bg-6f91ea {
  background-color: #6f91ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-6f91ea {
  border: 2px solid #6f91ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #6f91ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 111 145 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 223 75% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-6f91ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6f91ea, #8a6fea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-6f91ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(111 145 234 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 2.87 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 3.99 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 7.74 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.06 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.21 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.36 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.95 #906e15 Inverted #949494 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#6f91ea  rgb(111, 145, 234)  hsl(223, 75%, 68%)  Cornflower Blue
#eac86f  rgb(234, 200, 111)  hsl(43, 75%, 68%)  Jasmine
#ea6f91  rgb(234, 111, 145)  hsl(343, 75%, 68%)  Pale Violet Red
#91ea6f  rgb(145, 234, 111)  hsl(103, 75%, 68%)  Light Green