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#7FA9FF

#7fa9ff ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#7fa9ff is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 49.8% red, 66.27% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 50.2% cyan, 33.73% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 220.31°, with 100% saturation and 74.9% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.02:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 6.26.

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Web safe#6699ff
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Relative luminance0.4011

Complementary

  1. #7fa9ff
  2. #ffd57f

Split complementary

  1. #7fa9ff
  2. #ff957f
  3. #e9ff7f

Analogous

  1. #7fe9ff
  2. #7fa9ff
  3. #957fff

Triadic

  1. #7fa9ff
  2. #ff7fa9
  3. #a9ff7f

Tetradic

  1. #7fa9ff
  2. #d57fff
  3. #ffd57f
  4. #a9ff7f

Square

  1. #7fa9ff
  2. #ff7fe9
  3. #ffd57f
  4. #7fff95

Monochromatic

  1. #004be5
  2. #3276ff
  3. #7fa9ff
  4. #cbdcff
  5. #ebf1ff

Shades

#7fa9ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #7fa9ff
  2. #7298e6
  3. #6687cc
  4. #5976b3
  5. #4c6599
  6. #405580
  7. #334466
  8. #26334d
  9. #192233
  10. #0d111a
  11. #000000

Tints

#7fa9ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #7fa9ff
  2. #8cb2ff
  3. #99baff
  4. #a5c3ff
  5. #b2cbff
  6. #bfd4ff
  7. #ccddff
  8. #d9e5ff
  9. #e5eeff
  10. #f2f6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#7fa9ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #7fa9ff
  2. #7fa5f2
  3. #7fa1e6
  4. #7f9dd9
  5. #7f99cc
  6. #8095c0
  7. #8090b3
  8. #808ca6
  9. #808899
  10. #80848d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.33:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.02:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aaaaaa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9ba9d1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #88b0ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #79a4fd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #44bcc8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #84adff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7ba6fe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #61b4e0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-7fa9ff {
  color: #7fa9ff;
}
Background
.bg-7fa9ff {
  background-color: #7fa9ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-7fa9ff {
  border: 2px solid #7fa9ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #7fa9ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 127 169 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 220 100% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-7fa9ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #7fa9ff, #957fff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-7fa9ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(127 169 255 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 6.26 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.58 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.83 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 9.69 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.14 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.23 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 11.44 #805600 Inverted #aaaaaa Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#7fa9ff  rgb(127, 169, 255)  hsl(220, 100%, 75%)  Cornflower Blue
#ffd57f  rgb(255, 213, 127)  hsl(40, 100%, 75%)  Topaz
#ff7fa9  rgb(255, 127, 169)  hsl(340, 100%, 75%)  Flamingo Pink
#a9ff7f  rgb(169, 255, 127)  hsl(100, 100%, 75%)  Mint Green