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#709FF8

#709ff8 ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#709ff8 is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 43.92% red, 62.35% green and 97.25% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 54.84% cyan, 35.89% magenta, 0% yellow and 2.75% black. Its hue angle is 219.26°, with 90.67% saturation and 70.59% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 3.2.

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Relative luminance0.3502

Complementary

  1. #709ff8
  2. #f8c970

Split complementary

  1. #709ff8
  2. #f88570
  3. #e3f870

Analogous

  1. #70e3f8
  2. #709ff8
  3. #8570f8

Triadic

  1. #709ff8
  2. #f8709f
  3. #9ff870

Tetradic

  1. #709ff8
  2. #c970f8
  3. #f8c970
  4. #9ff870

Square

  1. #709ff8
  2. #f870e3
  3. #f8c970
  4. #70f885

Monochromatic

  1. #0a4bc5
  2. #276ef4
  3. #709ff8
  4. #b9d0fc
  5. #ecf2fe

Shades

#709ff8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #709ff8
  2. #658fdf
  3. #5a7fc6
  4. #4e6fae
  5. #435f95
  6. #38507c
  7. #2d4063
  8. #22304a
  9. #162032
  10. #0b1019
  11. #000000

Tints

#709ff8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #709ff8
  2. #7ea9f9
  3. #8db2f9
  4. #9bbcfa
  5. #a9c5fb
  6. #b8cffc
  7. #c6d9fc
  8. #d4e2fd
  9. #e2ecfe
  10. #f1f5fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#709ff8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #709ff8
  2. #729cec
  3. #7399e0
  4. #7596d4
  5. #7693c8
  6. #7890bc
  7. #7a8cb0
  8. #7b89a4
  9. #7d8698
  10. #7e838c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.62:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8f9fc9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7ba7fc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6a9af6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #18b3c0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #77a4fa ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6c9cf7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #4babd9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-709ff8 {
  color: #709ff8;
}
Background
.bg-709ff8 {
  background-color: #709ff8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-709ff8 {
  border: 2px solid #709ff8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #709ff8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 112 159 248;
  --color-primary-hsl: 219 91% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-709ff8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #709ff8, #8570f8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-709ff8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(112 159 248 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 3.20 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 4.78 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.91 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.45 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 8.23 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.66 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 11.33 #8f6007 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#709ff8  rgb(112, 159, 248)  hsl(219, 91%, 71%)  Cornflower Blue
#f8c970  rgb(248, 201, 112)  hsl(39, 91%, 71%)  Topaz
#f8709f  rgb(248, 112, 159)  hsl(339, 91%, 71%)  Pale Violet Red
#9ff870  rgb(159, 248, 112)  hsl(99, 91%, 71%)  Inchworm