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#7E99CD

#7e99cd ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#7e99cd is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 49.41% red, 60% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 38.54% cyan, 25.37% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 219.49°, with 44.13% saturation and 64.9% 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 7.33:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 5.71.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.3163

Complementary

  1. #7e99cd
  2. #cdb27e

Split complementary

  1. #7e99cd
  2. #cd8a7e
  3. #c0cd7e

Analogous

  1. #7ec0cd
  2. #7e99cd
  3. #8a7ecd

Triadic

  1. #7e99cd
  2. #cd7e99
  3. #99cd7e

Tetradic

  1. #7e99cd
  2. #b27ecd
  3. #cdb27e
  4. #99cd7e

Square

  1. #7e99cd
  2. #cd7ec0
  3. #cdb27e
  4. #7ecd8a

Monochromatic

  1. #324d80
  2. #476db7
  3. #7e99cd
  4. #b5c5e2
  5. #ecf0f8

Shades

#7e99cd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #7e99cd
  2. #718ab9
  3. #657aa4
  4. #586b90
  5. #4c5c7b
  6. #3f4d67
  7. #323d52
  8. #262e3e
  9. #191f29
  10. #0d0f15
  11. #000000

Tints

#7e99cd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #7e99cd
  2. #8ba3d2
  3. #98add7
  4. #a5b8dc
  5. #b2c2e1
  6. #bfcce6
  7. #cbd6eb
  8. #d8e0f0
  9. #e5ebf5
  10. #f2f5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#7e99cd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #7e99cd
  2. #7e97c5
  3. #7e94be
  4. #7f92b6
  5. #7f8fae
  6. #7f8da7
  7. #7f8a9f
  8. #7f8897
  9. #80858f
  10. #808388
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.87:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.33:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8f99b0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #879dcf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7f95cc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #64a4ab ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #839bce ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7e97cc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #6fa0ba ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-7e99cd {
  color: #7e99cd;
}
Background
.bg-7e99cd {
  background-color: #7e99cd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-7e99cd {
  border: 2px solid #7e99cd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #7e99cd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 126 153 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 219 44% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-7e99cd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #7e99cd, #8a7ecd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-7e99cd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(126 153 205 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 5.71 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.47 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.39 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 8.40 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.82 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 9.18 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 9.72 #816632 Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#7e99cd  rgb(126, 153, 205)  hsl(219, 44%, 65%)  Cornflower Blue
#cdb27e  rgb(205, 178, 126)  hsl(39, 44%, 65%)  Ecru
#cd7e99  rgb(205, 126, 153)  hsl(339, 44%, 65%)  Puce
#99cd7e  rgb(153, 205, 126)  hsl(99, 44%, 65%)  Pistachio