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#759CED

#759ced ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#759ced is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 45.88% red, 61.18% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 50.63% cyan, 34.18% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 220.5°, with 76.92% saturation and 69.41% 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 7.73:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 2.85.

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Web safe#6699ff
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Relative luminance0.3367

Complementary

  1. #759ced
  2. #edc675

Split complementary

  1. #759ced
  2. #ed8a75
  3. #d8ed75

Analogous

  1. #75d8ed
  2. #759ced
  3. #8a75ed

Triadic

  1. #759ced
  2. #ed759c
  3. #9ced75

Tetradic

  1. #759ced
  2. #c675ed
  3. #edc675
  4. #9ced75

Square

  1. #759ced
  2. #ed75d8
  3. #edc675
  4. #75ed8a

Monochromatic

  1. #1749b2
  2. #316be4
  3. #759ced
  4. #b9cdf6
  5. #edf2fd

Shades

#759ced mixed progressively with black.

  1. #759ced
  2. #698cd5
  3. #5e7dbe
  4. #526da6
  5. #465e8e
  6. #3b4e77
  7. #2f3e5f
  8. #232f47
  9. #171f2f
  10. #0c1018
  11. #000000

Tints

#759ced mixed progressively with white.

  1. #759ced
  2. #83a6ef
  3. #91b0f1
  4. #9ebaf2
  5. #acc4f4
  6. #bacef6
  7. #c8d7f8
  8. #d6e1fa
  9. #e3ebfb
  10. #f1f5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#759ced mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #759ced
  2. #7699e2
  3. #7796d7
  4. #7894cc
  5. #7991c1
  6. #7b8eb7
  7. #7c8bac
  8. #7d88a1
  9. #7e8696
  10. #7f838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.72:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.73:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8f9dc2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7da3f0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6f98eb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #3dadb9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7aa0ef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #719aec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #59a7d0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-759ced {
  color: #759ced;
}
Background
.bg-759ced {
  background-color: #759ced;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-759ced {
  border: 2px solid #759ced;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #759ced;
  --color-primary-rgb: 117 156 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 221 77% 69%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-759ced {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #759ced, #8a75ed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-759ced {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(117 156 237 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 2.85 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 4.52 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.32 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.05 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 8.73 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.81 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 10.12 #8a6312 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#759ced  rgb(117, 156, 237)  hsl(221, 77%, 69%)  Cornflower Blue
#edc675  rgb(237, 198, 117)  hsl(41, 77%, 69%)  Topaz
#ed759c  rgb(237, 117, 156)  hsl(341, 77%, 69%)  Pale Violet Red
#9ced75  rgb(156, 237, 117)  hsl(101, 77%, 69%)  Light Green