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#809FD9

#809fd9 ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#809fd9 is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 50.2% red, 62.35% green and 85.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 41.01% cyan, 26.73% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.9% black. Its hue angle is 219.1°, with 53.94% saturation and 67.65% 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 7.88:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 5.15.

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Relative luminance0.344

Complementary

  1. #809fd9
  2. #d9ba80

Split complementary

  1. #809fd9
  2. #d98e80
  3. #ccd980

Analogous

  1. #80ccd9
  2. #809fd9
  3. #8e80d9

Triadic

  1. #809fd9
  2. #d9809f
  3. #9fd980

Tetradic

  1. #809fd9
  2. #ba80d9
  3. #d9ba80
  4. #9fd980

Square

  1. #809fd9
  2. #d980cc
  3. #d9ba80
  4. #80d98e

Monochromatic

  1. #2c5094
  2. #4573c7
  3. #809fd9
  4. #bbcceb
  5. #eff3fa

Shades

#809fd9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #809fd9
  2. #738fc3
  3. #667fae
  4. #5a6f98
  5. #4d5f82
  6. #40506d
  7. #334057
  8. #263041
  9. #1a202b
  10. #0d1016
  11. #000000

Tints

#809fd9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #809fd9
  2. #8da9dd
  3. #99b2e1
  4. #a6bce4
  5. #b3c5e8
  6. #c0cfec
  7. #ccd9f0
  8. #d9e2f4
  9. #e6ecf7
  10. #f2f5fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#809fd9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #809fd9
  2. #809cd0
  3. #8099c7
  4. #8096be
  5. #8093b5
  6. #8090ad
  7. #808ca4
  8. #80899b
  9. #808692
  10. #808389
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.67:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.88:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #939fb9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8aa3dc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #819bd8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #61abb3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #86a1db ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #819cd8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #6fa6c3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-809fd9 {
  color: #809fd9;
}
Background
.bg-809fd9 {
  background-color: #809fd9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-809fd9 {
  border: 2px solid #809fd9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #809fd9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 128 159 217;
  --color-primary-hsl: 219 54% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-809fd9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #809fd9, #8e80d9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-809fd9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(128 159 217 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 5.15 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.29 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.35 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.73 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 9.11 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.08 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 10.14 #7f6026 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#809fd9  rgb(128, 159, 217)  hsl(219, 54%, 68%)  Cornflower Blue
#d9ba80  rgb(217, 186, 128)  hsl(39, 54%, 68%)  Burly Wood
#d9809f  rgb(217, 128, 159)  hsl(339, 54%, 68%)  Pale Violet Red
#9fd980  rgb(159, 217, 128)  hsl(99, 54%, 68%)  Pistachio