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#6F9BED

#6f9bed ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#6f9bed is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 43.53% red, 60.78% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 53.16% cyan, 34.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 219.05°, with 77.78% saturation and 68.24% 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 7.59:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 2.01.

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Web safe#6699ff
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Relative luminance0.3294

Complementary

  1. #6f9bed
  2. #edc16f

Split complementary

  1. #6f9bed
  2. #ed826f
  3. #daed6f

Analogous

  1. #6fdaed
  2. #6f9bed
  3. #826fed

Triadic

  1. #6f9bed
  2. #ed6f9b
  3. #9bed6f

Tetradic

  1. #6f9bed
  2. #c16fed
  3. #edc16f
  4. #9bed6f

Square

  1. #6f9bed
  2. #ed6fda
  3. #edc16f
  4. #6fed82

Monochromatic

  1. #164bad
  2. #2b6ce5
  3. #6f9bed
  4. #b3caf6
  5. #edf2fd

Shades

#6f9bed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #6f9bed
  2. #648cd5
  3. #597cbe
  4. #4e6da6
  5. #435d8e
  6. #384e77
  7. #2c3e5f
  8. #212f47
  9. #161f2f
  10. #0b1018
  11. #000000

Tints

#6f9bed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #6f9bed
  2. #7da5ef
  3. #8caff1
  4. #9ab9f2
  5. #a9c3f4
  6. #b7cdf6
  7. #c5d7f8
  8. #d4e1fa
  9. #e2ebfb
  10. #f1f5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#6f9bed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #6f9bed
  2. #7198e2
  3. #7296d7
  4. #7493cc
  5. #7690c1
  6. #788eb7
  7. #798bac
  8. #7b88a1
  9. #7d8596
  10. #7e838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.77:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.59:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8c9bc1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7aa2f0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6b96eb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #2aadb9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #769fef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6d98ec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #4fa6d0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-6f9bed {
  color: #6f9bed;
}
Background
.bg-6f9bed {
  background-color: #6f9bed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-6f9bed {
  border: 2px solid #6f9bed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #6f9bed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 111 155 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 219 78% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-6f9bed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6f9bed, #826fed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-6f9bed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(111 155 237 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 2.01 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 3.64 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.01 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.00 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.83 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 8.03 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 9.81 #906412 Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#6f9bed  rgb(111, 155, 237)  hsl(219, 78%, 68%)  Cornflower Blue
#edc16f  rgb(237, 193, 111)  hsl(39, 78%, 68%)  Topaz
#ed6f9b  rgb(237, 111, 155)  hsl(339, 78%, 68%)  Pale Violet Red
#9bed6f  rgb(155, 237, 111)  hsl(99, 78%, 68%)  Inchworm