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#759BEC

#759bec ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#759bec is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 45.88% red, 60.78% green and 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 50.42% cyan, 34.32% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 220.84°, with 75.8% saturation and 69.22% 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 7.66:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 2.77.

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Web safe#6699ff
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Relative luminance0.3328

Complementary

  1. #759bec
  2. #ecc675

Split complementary

  1. #759bec
  2. #ec8b75
  3. #d7ec75

Analogous

  1. #75d7ec
  2. #759bec
  3. #8b75ec

Triadic

  1. #759bec
  2. #ec759b
  3. #9bec75

Tetradic

  1. #759bec
  2. #c675ec
  3. #ecc675
  4. #9bec75

Square

  1. #759bec
  2. #ec75d7
  3. #ecc675
  4. #75ec8b

Monochromatic

  1. #1849b0
  2. #326ae3
  3. #759bec
  4. #b8ccf5
  5. #edf2fd

Shades

#759bec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #759bec
  2. #698cd4
  3. #5e7cbd
  4. #526da5
  5. #465d8e
  6. #3b4e76
  7. #2f3e5e
  8. #232f47
  9. #171f2f
  10. #0c1018
  11. #000000

Tints

#759bec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #759bec
  2. #83a5ee
  3. #91aff0
  4. #9eb9f2
  5. #acc3f4
  6. #bacdf6
  7. #c8d7f7
  8. #d6e1f9
  9. #e3ebfb
  10. #f1f5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#759bec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #759bec
  2. #7698e1
  3. #7796d6
  4. #7893cc
  5. #7990c1
  6. #7b8eb6
  7. #7c8bab
  8. #7d88a0
  9. #7e8596
  10. #7f838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.74:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.66:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9c9c9c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8e9cc1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7ca2ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6e97ea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #3eacb9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #799fee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7199eb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #59a6cf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-759bec {
  color: #759bec;
}
Background
.bg-759bec {
  background-color: #759bec;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-759bec {
  border: 2px solid #759bec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #759bec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 117 155 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 221 76% 69%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-759bec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #759bec, #8b75ec);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-759bec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(117 155 236 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 2.77 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 4.44 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.49 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.10 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.78 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 8.87 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 9.86 #8a6413 Inverted #9c9c9c Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#759bec  rgb(117, 155, 236)  hsl(221, 76%, 69%)  Cornflower Blue
#ecc675  rgb(236, 198, 117)  hsl(41, 76%, 69%)  Topaz
#ec759b  rgb(236, 117, 155)  hsl(341, 76%, 69%)  Pale Violet Red
#9bec75  rgb(155, 236, 117)  hsl(101, 76%, 69%)  Light Green