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#769CED

#769ced ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#769ced is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 46.27% red, 61.18% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 50.21% cyan, 34.18% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 220.84°, with 76.77% saturation and 69.61% 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 7.75:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 3.

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Web safe#6699ff
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Relative luminance0.3374

Complementary

  1. #769ced
  2. #edc776

Split complementary

  1. #769ced
  2. #ed8c76
  3. #d8ed76

Analogous

  1. #76d8ed
  2. #769ced
  3. #8c76ed

Triadic

  1. #769ced
  2. #ed769c
  3. #9ced76

Tetradic

  1. #769ced
  2. #c776ed
  3. #edc776
  4. #9ced76

Square

  1. #769ced
  2. #ed76d8
  3. #edc776
  4. #76ed8c

Monochromatic

  1. #1749b3
  2. #326be4
  3. #769ced
  4. #bacdf6
  5. #edf2fd

Shades

#769ced mixed progressively with black.

  1. #769ced
  2. #6a8cd5
  3. #5e7dbe
  4. #536da6
  5. #475e8e
  6. #3b4e77
  7. #2f3e5f
  8. #232f47
  9. #181f2f
  10. #0c1018
  11. #000000

Tints

#769ced mixed progressively with white.

  1. #769ced
  2. #84a6ef
  3. #91b0f1
  4. #9fbaf2
  5. #adc4f4
  6. #bbcef6
  7. #c8d7f8
  8. #d6e1fa
  9. #e4ebfb
  10. #f1f5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#769ced mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #769ced
  2. #7799e2
  3. #7896d7
  4. #7994cc
  5. #7a91c1
  6. #7b8eb7
  7. #7c8bac
  8. #7d88a1
  9. #7e8696
  10. #7f838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.71:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.75:1 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 #40adb9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7aa0ef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #729aec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #5aa7d0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-769ced {
  color: #769ced;
}
Background
.bg-769ced {
  background-color: #769ced;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-769ced {
  border: 2px solid #769ced;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #769ced;
  --color-primary-rgb: 118 156 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 221 77% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-769ced {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #769ced, #8c76ed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-769ced {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(118 156 237 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 3.00 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 4.67 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.42 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.25 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 8.89 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.99 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 10.15 #896312 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#769ced  rgb(118, 156, 237)  hsl(221, 77%, 70%)  Cornflower Blue
#edc776  rgb(237, 199, 118)  hsl(41, 77%, 70%)  Topaz
#ed769c  rgb(237, 118, 156)  hsl(341, 77%, 70%)  Pale Violet Red
#9ced76  rgb(156, 237, 118)  hsl(101, 77%, 70%)  Light Green