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#859CDC

#859cdc ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#859cdc is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 52.16% red, 61.18% green and 86.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 39.55% cyan, 29.09% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 224.14°, with 55.41% saturation and 69.22% 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 7.79:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 6.29.

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Relative luminance0.3393

Complementary

  1. #859cdc
  2. #dcc585

Split complementary

  1. #859cdc
  2. #dc9a85
  3. #c8dc85

Analogous

  1. #85c8dc
  2. #859cdc
  3. #9a85dc

Triadic

  1. #859cdc
  2. #dc859c
  3. #9cdc85

Tetradic

  1. #859cdc
  2. #c585dc
  3. #dcc585
  4. #9cdc85

Square

  1. #859cdc
  2. #dc85c8
  3. #dcc585
  4. #85dc9a

Monochromatic

  1. #2d4a9b
  2. #4a6ccb
  3. #859cdc
  4. #c0cced
  5. #eff2fa

Shades

#859cdc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #859cdc
  2. #788cc6
  3. #6a7db0
  4. #5d6d9a
  5. #505e84
  6. #434e6e
  7. #353e58
  8. #282f42
  9. #1b1f2c
  10. #0d1016
  11. #000000

Tints

#859cdc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #859cdc
  2. #91a6e0
  3. #9db0e3
  4. #aabae7
  5. #b6c4ea
  6. #c2ceee
  7. #ced7f1
  8. #dae1f5
  9. #e7ebf8
  10. #f3f5fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#859cdc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #859cdc
  2. #8599d3
  3. #8496ca
  4. #8494c0
  5. #8391b7
  6. #838eae
  7. #828ba5
  8. #82889c
  9. #818692
  10. #818389
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.7:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.79:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #949dba ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #86a2df ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7e9adb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #69a9b3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #869fde ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #819bdb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #75a4c5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-859cdc {
  color: #859cdc;
}
Background
.bg-859cdc {
  background-color: #859cdc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-859cdc {
  border: 2px solid #859cdc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #859cdc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 133 156 220;
  --color-primary-hsl: 224 55% 69%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-859cdc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #859cdc, #9a85dc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-859cdc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(133 156 220 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 6.29 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.54 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.23 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.46 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 10.17 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 10.69 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 11.17 #7a6323 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#859cdc  rgb(133, 156, 220)  hsl(224, 55%, 69%)  Cornflower Blue
#dcc585  rgb(220, 197, 133)  hsl(44, 55%, 69%)  Ecru
#dc859c  rgb(220, 133, 156)  hsl(344, 55%, 69%)  Puce
#9cdc85  rgb(156, 220, 133)  hsl(104, 55%, 69%)  Granny Smith Apple