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#849BEE

#849bee ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#849bee is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 51.76% red, 60.78% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 44.54% cyan, 34.87% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 226.98°, with 75.71% saturation and 72.55% 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 5.69.

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Web safe#9999ff
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Relative luminance0.3452

Complementary

  1. #849bee
  2. #eed784

Split complementary

  1. #849bee
  2. #eea284
  3. #d0ee84

Analogous

  1. #84d0ee
  2. #849bee
  3. #a284ee

Triadic

  1. #849bee
  2. #ee849b
  3. #9bee84

Tetradic

  1. #849bee
  2. #d784ee
  3. #eed784
  4. #9bee84

Square

  1. #849bee
  2. #ee84d0
  3. #eed784
  4. #84eea2

Monochromatic

  1. #1a3ebf
  2. #4164e5
  3. #849bee
  4. #c7d2f7
  5. #edf0fd

Shades

#849bee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #849bee
  2. #778cd6
  3. #6a7cbe
  4. #5c6da7
  5. #4f5d8f
  6. #424e77
  7. #353e5f
  8. #282f47
  9. #1a1f30
  10. #0d1018
  11. #000000

Tints

#849bee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #849bee
  2. #90a5f0
  3. #9daff1
  4. #a9b9f3
  5. #b5c3f5
  6. #c2cdf7
  7. #ced7f8
  8. #dae1fa
  9. #e6ebfc
  10. #f3f5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#849bee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #849bee
  2. #8498e3
  3. #8396d8
  4. #8393cd
  5. #8290c2
  6. #828eb7
  7. #828bac
  8. #8188a1
  9. #818596
  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 #959dc4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7da4f1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #739bec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #5eacb9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #80a0f0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7a9bed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #6fa6d1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-849bee {
  color: #849bee;
}
Background
.bg-849bee {
  background-color: #849bee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-849bee {
  border: 2px solid #849bee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #849bee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 132 155 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 227 76% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-849bee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #849bee, #a284ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-849bee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(132 155 238 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 5.69 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.29 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.46 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 10.16 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 10.85 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 11.31 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 11.56 #7b6411 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#849bee  rgb(132, 155, 238)  hsl(227, 76%, 73%)  Cornflower Blue
#eed784  rgb(238, 215, 132)  hsl(47, 76%, 73%)  Buff
#ee849b  rgb(238, 132, 155)  hsl(347, 76%, 73%)  Flamingo Pink
#9bee84  rgb(155, 238, 132)  hsl(107, 76%, 73%)  Light Green