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#769AEC

#769aec ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#769aec is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 46.27% red, 60.39% green and 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 50% cyan, 34.75% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 221.69°, with 75.64% 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 7.6:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 2.92.

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Web safe#6699ff
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Relative luminance0.3302

Complementary

  1. #769aec
  2. #ecc876

Split complementary

  1. #769aec
  2. #ec8d76
  3. #d5ec76

Analogous

  1. #76d5ec
  2. #769aec
  3. #8d76ec

Triadic

  1. #769aec
  2. #ec769a
  3. #9aec76

Tetradic

  1. #769aec
  2. #c876ec
  3. #ecc876
  4. #9aec76

Square

  1. #769aec
  2. #ec76d5
  3. #ecc876
  4. #76ec8d

Monochromatic

  1. #1847b1
  2. #3368e3
  3. #769aec
  4. #b9ccf5
  5. #edf2fd

Shades

#769aec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #769aec
  2. #6a8bd4
  3. #5e7bbd
  4. #536ca5
  5. #475c8e
  6. #3b4d76
  7. #2f3e5e
  8. #232e47
  9. #181f2f
  10. #0c0f18
  11. #000000

Tints

#769aec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #769aec
  2. #84a4ee
  3. #91aef0
  4. #9fb8f2
  5. #adc2f4
  6. #bbcdf6
  7. #c8d7f7
  8. #d6e1f9
  9. #e4ebfb
  10. #f1f5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#769aec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #769aec
  2. #7797e1
  3. #7895d6
  4. #7992cc
  5. #7a90c1
  6. #7b8db6
  7. #7c8aab
  8. #7d88a0
  9. #7e8596
  10. #7f838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.76:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.6:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9c9c9c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8e9bc1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7aa1ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6d97ea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #41acb8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #799eee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7198eb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #5ba5cf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-769aec {
  color: #769aec;
}
Background
.bg-769aec {
  background-color: #769aec;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-769aec {
  border: 2px solid #769aec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #769aec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 118 154 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 222 76% 69%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-769aec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #769aec, #8d76ec);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-769aec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(118 154 236 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 2.92 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 4.59 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.82 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.37 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.98 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 9.23 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 9.70 #896513 Inverted #9c9c9c Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#769aec  rgb(118, 154, 236)  hsl(222, 76%, 69%)  Cornflower Blue
#ecc876  rgb(236, 200, 118)  hsl(42, 76%, 69%)  Topaz
#ec769a  rgb(236, 118, 154)  hsl(342, 76%, 69%)  Pale Violet Red
#9aec76  rgb(154, 236, 118)  hsl(102, 76%, 69%)  Light Green