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#708CE7

#708ce7 ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#708ce7 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 43.92% red, 54.9% green and 90.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 51.52% cyan, 39.39% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.41% black. Its hue angle is 225.88°, with 71.26% saturation and 67.25% 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 6.59:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 4.49.

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Web safe#6699ff
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Relative luminance0.2797

Complementary

  1. #708ce7
  2. #e7cb70

Split complementary

  1. #708ce7
  2. #e78f70
  3. #c7e770

Analogous

  1. #70c7e7
  2. #708ce7
  3. #8f70e7

Triadic

  1. #708ce7
  2. #e7708c
  3. #8ce770

Tetradic

  1. #708ce7
  2. #cb70e7
  3. #e7cb70
  4. #8ce770

Square

  1. #708ce7
  2. #e770c7
  3. #e7cb70
  4. #70e78f

Monochromatic

  1. #1b3ba3
  2. #2e57dc
  3. #708ce7
  4. #b1c1f2
  5. #eef1fc

Shades

#708ce7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #708ce7
  2. #657ed0
  3. #5a70b9
  4. #4e62a2
  5. #43548b
  6. #384674
  7. #2d385c
  8. #222a45
  9. #161c2e
  10. #0b0e17
  11. #000000

Tints

#708ce7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #708ce7
  2. #7e98e9
  3. #8da3ec
  4. #9bafee
  5. #a9baf1
  6. #b8c6f3
  7. #c6d1f5
  8. #d4ddf8
  9. #e2e8fa
  10. #f1f4fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#708ce7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #708ce7
  2. #728bdd
  3. #738ad2
  4. #7588c8
  5. #7687be
  6. #7886b4
  7. #7a85a9
  8. #7b849f
  9. #7d8295
  10. #7e818a
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.18:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.59:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #909090 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #848fb9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6796eb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5a8be5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #39a0ae ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6b92e9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #648ce6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #5498c8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-708ce7 {
  color: #708ce7;
}
Background
.bg-708ce7 {
  background-color: #708ce7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-708ce7 {
  border: 2px solid #708ce7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #708ce7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 112 140 231;
  --color-primary-hsl: 226 71% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-708ce7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #708ce7, #8f70e7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-708ce7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(112 140 231 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 4.49 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 5.21 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 6.95 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.04 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.22 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.74 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.76 #8f7318 Inverted #909090 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#708ce7  rgb(112, 140, 231)  hsl(226, 71%, 67%)  Cornflower Blue
#e7cb70  rgb(231, 203, 112)  hsl(46, 71%, 67%)  Buff
#e7708c  rgb(231, 112, 140)  hsl(346, 71%, 67%)  Pale Violet Red
#8ce770  rgb(140, 231, 112)  hsl(106, 71%, 67%)  Pastel Green