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#7897EA

#7897ea ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#7897ea is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 47.06% red, 59.22% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 48.72% cyan, 35.47% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 223.68°, with 73.08% 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 7.41:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 3.5.

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Web safe#6699ff
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Relative luminance0.3207

Complementary

  1. #7897ea
  2. #eacb78

Split complementary

  1. #7897ea
  2. #ea9278
  3. #d0ea78

Analogous

  1. #78d0ea
  2. #7897ea
  3. #9278ea

Triadic

  1. #7897ea
  2. #ea7897
  3. #97ea78

Tetradic

  1. #7897ea
  2. #cb78ea
  3. #eacb78
  4. #97ea78

Square

  1. #7897ea
  2. #ea78d0
  3. #eacb78
  4. #78ea92

Monochromatic

  1. #1b43ae
  2. #3664e0
  3. #7897ea
  4. #bacaf4
  5. #edf1fc

Shades

#7897ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #7897ea
  2. #6c88d3
  3. #6079bb
  4. #546aa4
  5. #485b8c
  6. #3c4c75
  7. #303c5e
  8. #242d46
  9. #181e2f
  10. #0c0f17
  11. #000000

Tints

#7897ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #7897ea
  2. #86a1ec
  3. #93acee
  4. #a1b6f0
  5. #aec1f2
  6. #bccbf5
  7. #c9d5f7
  8. #d7e0f9
  9. #e4eafb
  10. #f2f5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#7897ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #7897ea
  2. #7995df
  3. #7a92d5
  4. #7a90ca
  5. #7b8ec0
  6. #7c8cb5
  7. #7d89aa
  8. #7e87a0
  9. #7e8595
  10. #7f828b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.83:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.41:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8d98bf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #779fed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6b95e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #48a9b5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #789cec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7196e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #5fa2cd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-7897ea {
  color: #7897ea;
}
Background
.bg-7897ea {
  background-color: #7897ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-7897ea {
  border: 2px solid #7897ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #7897ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 120 151 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 224 73% 69%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-7897ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #7897ea, #9278ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-7897ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(120 151 234 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 3.50 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 5.02 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.68 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.07 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 9.14 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.45 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 10.10 #876815 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#7897ea  rgb(120, 151, 234)  hsl(224, 73%, 69%)  Cornflower Blue
#eacb78  rgb(234, 203, 120)  hsl(44, 73%, 69%)  Jasmine
#ea7897  rgb(234, 120, 151)  hsl(344, 73%, 69%)  Pale Violet Red
#97ea78  rgb(151, 234, 120)  hsl(104, 73%, 69%)  Light Green