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#749ACA

#749aca ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#749aca is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 45.49% red, 60.39% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 42.57% cyan, 23.76% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 213.49°, with 44.79% saturation and 62.35% 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 7.22:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 4.17.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.3109

Complementary

  1. #749aca
  2. #caa474

Split complementary

  1. #749aca
  2. #ca7974
  3. #c5ca74

Analogous

  1. #74c5ca
  2. #749aca
  3. #7974ca

Triadic

  1. #749aca
  2. #ca749a
  3. #9aca74

Tetradic

  1. #749aca
  2. #a474ca
  3. #caa474
  4. #9aca74

Square

  1. #749aca
  2. #ca74c5
  3. #caa474
  4. #74ca79

Monochromatic

  1. #2e4e77
  2. #4372af
  3. #749aca
  4. #abc2df
  5. #e3eaf4

Shades

#749aca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #749aca
  2. #688bb6
  3. #5d7ba2
  4. #516c8d
  5. #465c79
  6. #3a4d65
  7. #2e3e51
  8. #232e3d
  9. #171f28
  10. #0c0f14
  11. #000000

Tints

#749aca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #749aca
  2. #82a4cf
  3. #90aed5
  4. #9eb8da
  5. #acc2df
  6. #bacde5
  7. #c7d7ea
  8. #d5e1ef
  9. #e3ebf4
  10. #f1f5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#749aca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #749aca
  2. #7597c3
  3. #7695bb
  4. #7892b4
  5. #7990ac
  6. #7a8da5
  7. #7b8a9e
  8. #7c8896
  9. #7e858f
  10. #7f8387
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.91:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.22:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8b98ae ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #889ccc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7e94c9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #54a5aa ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #809bcb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7a96c9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #62a0b8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-749aca {
  color: #749aca;
}
Background
.bg-749aca {
  background-color: #749aca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-749aca {
  border: 2px solid #749aca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #749aca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 116 154 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 213 45% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-749aca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #749aca, #7974ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-749aca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(116 154 202 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 4.17 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 4.54 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 4.91 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.58 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.90 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.94 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 8.06 #8b6535 Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#749aca  rgb(116, 154, 202)  hsl(213, 45%, 62%)  Cornflower Blue
#caa474  rgb(202, 164, 116)  hsl(33, 45%, 62%)  Camel
#ca749a  rgb(202, 116, 154)  hsl(333, 45%, 62%)  Thulian Pink
#9aca74  rgb(154, 202, 116)  hsl(93, 45%, 62%)  Pistachio