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#768CEA

#768cea ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#768cea is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 46.27% red, 54.9% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 49.57% cyan, 40.17% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 228.62°, with 73.42% saturation and 69.02% 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 6.71:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 5.47.

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Web safe#6699ff
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Relative luminance0.2855

Complementary

  1. #768cea
  2. #ead476

Split complementary

  1. #768cea
  2. #ea9a76
  3. #c6ea76

Analogous

  1. #76c6ea
  2. #768cea
  3. #9a76ea

Triadic

  1. #768cea
  2. #ea768c
  3. #8cea76

Tetradic

  1. #768cea
  2. #d476ea
  3. #ead476
  4. #8cea76

Square

  1. #768cea
  2. #ea76c6
  3. #ead476
  4. #76ea9a

Monochromatic

  1. #1a36ad
  2. #3454e0
  3. #768cea
  4. #b8c4f4
  5. #edf0fc

Shades

#768cea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #768cea
  2. #6a7ed3
  3. #5e70bb
  4. #5362a4
  5. #47548c
  6. #3b4675
  7. #2f385e
  8. #232a46
  9. #181c2f
  10. #0c0e17
  11. #000000

Tints

#768cea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #768cea
  2. #8498ec
  3. #91a3ee
  4. #9faff0
  5. #adbaf2
  6. #bbc6f5
  7. #c8d1f7
  8. #d6ddf9
  9. #e4e8fb
  10. #f1f4fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#768cea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #768cea
  2. #778bdf
  3. #788ad5
  4. #7988ca
  5. #7a87c0
  6. #7b86b5
  7. #7c85aa
  8. #7d84a0
  9. #7e8295
  10. #7f818b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.13:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.71:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #929292 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #878fbc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6797ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5b8de8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #45a0b0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6d93ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #678de9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #5d98ca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-768cea {
  color: #768cea;
}
Background
.bg-768cea {
  background-color: #768cea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-768cea {
  border: 2px solid #768cea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #768cea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 118 140 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 229 73% 69%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-768cea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #768cea, #9a76ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-768cea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(118 140 234 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 5.47 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.39 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 7.74 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 10.24 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 10.34 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 10.38 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.45 #897315 Inverted #929292 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#768cea  rgb(118, 140, 234)  hsl(229, 73%, 69%)  Cornflower Blue
#ead476  rgb(234, 212, 118)  hsl(49, 73%, 69%)  Buff
#ea768c  rgb(234, 118, 140)  hsl(349, 73%, 69%)  Pale Violet Red
#8cea76  rgb(140, 234, 118)  hsl(109, 73%, 69%)  Light Green