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#799CEB

#799ceb ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#799ceb is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 47.45% red, 61.18% green and 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 48.51% cyan, 33.62% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 221.58°, with 74.03% saturation and 69.8% 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 7.77:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 3.46.

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Web safe#6699ff
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Relative luminance0.3384

Complementary

  1. #799ceb
  2. #ebc879

Split complementary

  1. #799ceb
  2. #eb8f79
  3. #d5eb79

Analogous

  1. #79d5eb
  2. #799ceb
  3. #8f79eb

Triadic

  1. #799ceb
  2. #eb799c
  3. #9ceb79

Tetradic

  1. #799ceb
  2. #c879eb
  3. #ebc879
  4. #9ceb79

Square

  1. #799ceb
  2. #eb79d5
  3. #ebc879
  4. #79eb8f

Monochromatic

  1. #1a48b1
  2. #366be1
  3. #799ceb
  4. #bccdf5
  5. #edf2fc

Shades

#799ceb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #799ceb
  2. #6d8cd4
  3. #617dbc
  4. #556da5
  5. #495e8d
  6. #3d4e76
  7. #303e5e
  8. #242f47
  9. #181f2f
  10. #0c1018
  11. #000000

Tints

#799ceb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #799ceb
  2. #86a6ed
  3. #94b0ef
  4. #a1baf1
  5. #afc4f3
  6. #bccef5
  7. #c9d7f7
  8. #d7e1f9
  9. #e4ebfb
  10. #f2f5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#799ceb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #799ceb
  2. #7a99e0
  3. #7a96d6
  4. #7b94cb
  5. #7c91c0
  6. #7d8eb6
  7. #7d8bab
  8. #7e88a0
  9. #7f8695
  10. #7f838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.7:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.77:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #909dc1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7ea3ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7299e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #49adb9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7ca0ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #759aea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #60a6cf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-799ceb {
  color: #799ceb;
}
Background
.bg-799ceb {
  background-color: #799ceb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-799ceb {
  border: 2px solid #799ceb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #799ceb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 121 156 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 222 74% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-799ceb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #799ceb, #8f79eb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-799ceb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(121 156 235 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 3.46 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 5.10 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.67 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.81 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 9.28 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.46 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 10.13 #866314 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#799ceb  rgb(121, 156, 235)  hsl(222, 74%, 70%)  Cornflower Blue
#ebc879  rgb(235, 200, 121)  hsl(42, 74%, 70%)  Topaz
#eb799c  rgb(235, 121, 156)  hsl(342, 74%, 70%)  Pale Violet Red
#9ceb79  rgb(156, 235, 121)  hsl(102, 74%, 70%)  Light Green