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#809CED

#809ced ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#809ced is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 50.2% red, 61.18% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 45.99% cyan, 34.18% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 224.59°, 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 7.9:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 4.8.

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Relative luminance0.3448

Complementary

  1. #809ced
  2. #edd180

Split complementary

  1. #809ced
  2. #ed9b80
  3. #d2ed80

Analogous

  1. #80d2ed
  2. #809ced
  3. #9b80ed

Triadic

  1. #809ced
  2. #ed809c
  3. #9ced80

Tetradic

  1. #809ced
  2. #d180ed
  3. #edd180
  4. #9ced80

Square

  1. #809ced
  2. #ed80d2
  3. #edd180
  4. #80ed9b

Monochromatic

  1. #1a43ba
  2. #3d68e4
  3. #809ced
  4. #c3d0f6
  5. #edf1fc

Shades

#809ced mixed progressively with black.

  1. #809ced
  2. #738cd5
  3. #667dbe
  4. #5a6da6
  5. #4d5e8e
  6. #404e77
  7. #333e5f
  8. #262f47
  9. #1a1f2f
  10. #0d1018
  11. #000000

Tints

#809ced mixed progressively with white.

  1. #809ced
  2. #8da6ef
  3. #99b0f1
  4. #a6baf2
  5. #b3c4f4
  6. #c0cef6
  7. #ccd7f8
  8. #d9e1fa
  9. #e6ebfb
  10. #f2f5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#809ced mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #809ced
  2. #8099e2
  3. #8096d7
  4. #8094cc
  5. #8091c1
  6. #808eb7
  7. #808bac
  8. #8088a1
  9. #808696
  10. #80838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.66:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.9:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #939ec3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7ea4f0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #739aeb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #56adba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7fa1ef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #799bec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #6aa6d0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-809ced {
  color: #809ced;
}
Background
.bg-809ced {
  background-color: #809ced;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-809ced {
  border: 2px solid #809ced;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #809ced;
  --color-primary-rgb: 128 156 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 225 75% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-809ced {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #809ced, #9b80ed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-809ced {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(128 156 237 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 4.80 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.43 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.66 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.32 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 10.42 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 10.61 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 10.63 #7f6312 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#809ced  rgb(128, 156, 237)  hsl(225, 75%, 72%)  Cornflower Blue
#edd180  rgb(237, 209, 128)  hsl(45, 75%, 72%)  Buff
#ed809c  rgb(237, 128, 156)  hsl(345, 75%, 72%)  Flamingo Pink
#9ced80  rgb(156, 237, 128)  hsl(105, 75%, 72%)  Light Green