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#7B97CD

#7b97cd ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#7b97cd is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 48.24% red, 59.22% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 40% cyan, 26.34% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 219.51°, with 45.05% saturation and 64.31% 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 7.15:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 5.27.

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Relative luminance0.3075

Complementary

  1. #7b97cd
  2. #cdb17b

Split complementary

  1. #7b97cd
  2. #cd887b
  3. #c0cd7b

Analogous

  1. #7bc0cd
  2. #7b97cd
  3. #887bcd

Triadic

  1. #7b97cd
  2. #cd7b97
  3. #97cd7b

Tetradic

  1. #7b97cd
  2. #b17bcd
  3. #cdb17b
  4. #97cd7b

Square

  1. #7b97cd
  2. #cd7bc0
  3. #cdb17b
  4. #7bcd88

Monochromatic

  1. #304b7f
  2. #456cb6
  3. #7b97cd
  4. #b2c3e2
  5. #eaeef7

Shades

#7b97cd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #7b97cd
  2. #6f88b9
  3. #6279a4
  4. #566a90
  5. #4a5b7b
  6. #3e4c67
  7. #313c52
  8. #252d3e
  9. #191e29
  10. #0c0f15
  11. #000000

Tints

#7b97cd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #7b97cd
  2. #88a1d2
  3. #95acd7
  4. #a3b6dc
  5. #b0c1e1
  6. #bdcbe6
  7. #cad5eb
  8. #d7e0f0
  9. #e5eaf5
  10. #f2f5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#7b97cd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #7b97cd
  2. #7c95c5
  3. #7c92be
  4. #7d90b6
  5. #7d8eae
  6. #7e8ca7
  7. #7e899f
  8. #7f8797
  9. #7f858f
  10. #808288
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.94:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.15:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8c97af ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #849bcf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7c93cc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #60a2aa ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8199ce ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7b95cc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #6c9eb9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-7b97cd {
  color: #7b97cd;
}
Background
.bg-7b97cd {
  background-color: #7b97cd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-7b97cd {
  border: 2px solid #7b97cd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #7b97cd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 123 151 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 220 45% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-7b97cd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #7b97cd, #887bcd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-7b97cd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(123 151 205 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 5.27 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 5.94 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.51 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 7.75 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 9.52 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.56 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 9.60 #846832 Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#7b97cd  rgb(123, 151, 205)  hsl(220, 45%, 64%)  Cornflower Blue
#cdb17b  rgb(205, 177, 123)  hsl(40, 45%, 64%)  Ecru
#cd7b97  rgb(205, 123, 151)  hsl(340, 45%, 64%)  Pale Violet Red
#97cd7b  rgb(151, 205, 123)  hsl(100, 45%, 64%)  Pistachio