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#7699EF

#7699ef ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#7699ef is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 46.27% red, 60% green and 93.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 50.63% cyan, 35.98% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 222.64°, with 79.08% saturation and 70% 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 7.57:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 3.

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Web safe#6699ff
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Relative luminance0.3287

Complementary

  1. #7699ef
  2. #efcc76

Split complementary

  1. #7699ef
  2. #ef8f76
  3. #d6ef76

Analogous

  1. #76d6ef
  2. #7699ef
  3. #8f76ef

Triadic

  1. #7699ef
  2. #ef7699
  3. #99ef76

Tetradic

  1. #7699ef
  2. #cc76ef
  3. #efcc76
  4. #99ef76

Square

  1. #7699ef
  2. #ef76d6
  3. #efcc76
  4. #76ef8f

Monochromatic

  1. #1544b7
  2. #3266e7
  3. #7699ef
  4. #bbccf7
  5. #edf1fd

Shades

#7699ef mixed progressively with black.

  1. #7699ef
  2. #6a8ad7
  3. #5e7abf
  4. #536ba7
  5. #475c8f
  6. #3b4d78
  7. #2f3d60
  8. #232e48
  9. #181f30
  10. #0c0f18
  11. #000000

Tints

#7699ef mixed progressively with white.

  1. #7699ef
  2. #84a3f1
  3. #91adf2
  4. #9fb8f4
  5. #adc2f5
  6. #bbccf7
  7. #c8d6f9
  8. #d6e0fa
  9. #e4ebfc
  10. #f1f5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#7699ef mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #7699ef
  2. #7797e4
  3. #7894d9
  4. #7992ce
  5. #7a8fc3
  6. #7b8db8
  7. #7c8aac
  8. #7d88a1
  9. #7e8596
  10. #7f838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.77:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.57:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8e9ac2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #77a1f2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6a96ed ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #3eabb9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #779ef1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6f97ee ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #5aa4d1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-7699ef {
  color: #7699ef;
}
Background
.bg-7699ef {
  background-color: #7699ef;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-7699ef {
  border: 2px solid #7699ef;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #7699ef;
  --color-primary-rgb: 118 153 239;
  --color-primary-hsl: 223 79% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-7699ef {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #7699ef, #8f76ef);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-7699ef {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(118 153 239 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 3.00 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 4.71 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.15 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.51 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.13 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 9.57 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 9.72 #896610 Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#7699ef  rgb(118, 153, 239)  hsl(223, 79%, 70%)  Cornflower Blue
#efcc76  rgb(239, 204, 118)  hsl(43, 79%, 70%)  Jasmine
#ef7699  rgb(239, 118, 153)  hsl(343, 79%, 70%)  Pale Violet Red
#99ef76  rgb(153, 239, 118)  hsl(103, 79%, 70%)  Light Green