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#7799D5

#7799d5 ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#7799d5 is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 46.67% red, 60% green and 83.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 44.13% cyan, 28.17% magenta, 0% yellow and 16.47% black. Its hue angle is 218.3°, with 52.81% saturation and 65.1% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.3:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 3.74.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.3151

Complementary

  1. #7799d5
  2. #d5b377

Split complementary

  1. #7799d5
  2. #d58477
  3. #c8d577

Analogous

  1. #77c8d5
  2. #7799d5
  3. #8477d5

Triadic

  1. #7799d5
  2. #d57799
  3. #99d577

Tetradic

  1. #7799d5
  2. #b377d5
  3. #d5b377
  4. #99d577

Square

  1. #7799d5
  2. #d577c8
  3. #d5b377
  4. #77d584

Monochromatic

  1. #2a4c89
  2. #3d6dc3
  3. #7799d5
  4. #b1c5e7
  5. #ecf1f9

Shades

#7799d5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #7799d5
  2. #6b8ac0
  3. #5f7aaa
  4. #536b95
  5. #475c80
  6. #3c4d6b
  7. #303d55
  8. #242e40
  9. #181f2b
  10. #0c0f15
  11. #000000

Tints

#7799d5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #7799d5
  2. #85a3d9
  3. #92addd
  4. #a0b8e2
  5. #adc2e6
  6. #bbccea
  7. #c9d6ee
  8. #d6e0f2
  9. #e4ebf7
  10. #f1f5fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#7799d5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #7799d5
  2. #7897cd
  3. #7994c4
  4. #7a92bc
  5. #7b8fb3
  6. #7c8dab
  7. #7c8aa2
  8. #7d889a
  9. #7e8591
  10. #7f8389
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.88:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.3:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8c99b4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #839dd8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7994d4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #54a6ae ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7e9bd7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7896d4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #64a1bf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-7799d5 {
  color: #7799d5;
}
Background
.bg-7799d5 {
  background-color: #7799d5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-7799d5 {
  border: 2px solid #7799d5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #7799d5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 119 153 213;
  --color-primary-hsl: 218 53% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-7799d5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #7799d5, #8477d5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-7799d5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(119 153 213 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 3.74 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 4.62 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.39 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 8.22 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 8.45 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.59 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.65 #88662a Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#7799d5  rgb(119, 153, 213)  hsl(218, 53%, 65%)  Cornflower Blue
#d5b377  rgb(213, 179, 119)  hsl(38, 53%, 65%)  Burly Wood
#d57799  rgb(213, 119, 153)  hsl(338, 53%, 65%)  Pale Violet Red
#99d577  rgb(153, 213, 119)  hsl(98, 53%, 65%)  Pistachio