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#809AED

#809aed ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#809aed is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 50.2% red, 60.39% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 45.99% cyan, 35.02% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 225.69°, with 75.17% saturation and 71.57% 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 7.76:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 4.91.

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Relative luminance0.3381

Complementary

  1. #809aed
  2. #edd380

Split complementary

  1. #809aed
  2. #ed9d80
  3. #d0ed80

Analogous

  1. #80d0ed
  2. #809aed
  3. #9d80ed

Triadic

  1. #809aed
  2. #ed809a
  3. #9aed80

Tetradic

  1. #809aed
  2. #d380ed
  3. #edd380
  4. #9aed80

Square

  1. #809aed
  2. #ed80d0
  3. #edd380
  4. #80ed9d

Monochromatic

  1. #1a40ba
  2. #3d65e4
  3. #809aed
  4. #c3cff6
  5. #edf1fc

Shades

#809aed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #809aed
  2. #738bd5
  3. #667bbe
  4. #5a6ca6
  5. #4d5c8e
  6. #404d77
  7. #333e5f
  8. #262e47
  9. #1a1f2f
  10. #0d0f18
  11. #000000

Tints

#809aed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #809aed
  2. #8da4ef
  3. #99aef1
  4. #a6b8f2
  5. #b3c2f4
  6. #c0cdf6
  7. #ccd7f8
  8. #d9e1fa
  9. #e6ebfb
  10. #f2f5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#809aed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #809aed
  2. #8097e2
  3. #8095d7
  4. #8092cc
  5. #8090c1
  6. #808db7
  7. #808aac
  8. #8088a1
  9. #808596
  10. #80838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.71:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.76:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #929cc2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7ba2f0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7199eb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #57abb8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7d9fef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7799ec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #6aa5d0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-809aed {
  color: #809aed;
}
Background
.bg-809aed {
  background-color: #809aed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-809aed {
  border: 2px solid #809aed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #809aed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 128 154 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 226 75% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-809aed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #809aed, #9d80ed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-809aed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(128 154 237 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 4.91 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.51 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.07 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 10.33 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.51 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 10.61 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 10.97 #7f6512 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#809aed  rgb(128, 154, 237)  hsl(226, 75%, 72%)  Cornflower Blue
#edd380  rgb(237, 211, 128)  hsl(46, 75%, 72%)  Buff
#ed809a  rgb(237, 128, 154)  hsl(346, 75%, 72%)  Flamingo Pink
#9aed80  rgb(154, 237, 128)  hsl(106, 75%, 72%)  Light Green