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#879CEB

#879ceb ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#879ceb is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 52.94% red, 61.18% green and 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 42.55% cyan, 33.62% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 227.4°, with 71.43% 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 7.99:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 6.31.

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Relative luminance0.3493

Complementary

  1. #879ceb
  2. #ebd687

Split complementary

  1. #879ceb
  2. #eba487
  3. #ceeb87

Analogous

  1. #87ceeb
  2. #879ceb
  3. #a487eb

Triadic

  1. #879ceb
  2. #eb879c
  3. #9ceb87

Tetradic

  1. #879ceb
  2. #d687eb
  3. #ebd687
  4. #9ceb87

Square

  1. #879ceb
  2. #eb87ce
  3. #ebd687
  4. #87eba4

Monochromatic

  1. #1f40ba
  2. #4566e0
  3. #879ceb
  4. #c9d2f6
  5. #eef1fc

Shades

#879ceb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #879ceb
  2. #7a8cd4
  3. #6c7dbc
  4. #5f6da5
  5. #515e8d
  6. #444e76
  7. #363e5e
  8. #292f47
  9. #1b1f2f
  10. #0e1018
  11. #000000

Tints

#879ceb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #879ceb
  2. #93a6ed
  3. #9fb0ef
  4. #abbaf1
  5. #b7c4f3
  6. #c3cef5
  7. #cfd7f7
  8. #dbe1f9
  9. #e7ebfb
  10. #f3f5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#879ceb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #879ceb
  2. #8699e0
  3. #8696d6
  4. #8594cb
  5. #8491c0
  6. #848eb6
  7. #838bab
  8. #8288a0
  9. #818695
  10. #81838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.63:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.99:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #969ec2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #80a4ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #779ce9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #65acb9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #83a1ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7e9cea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #74a6cf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-879ceb {
  color: #879ceb;
}
Background
.bg-879ceb {
  background-color: #879ceb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-879ceb {
  border: 2px solid #879ceb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #879ceb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 135 156 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 227 71% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-879ceb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #879ceb, #a487eb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-879ceb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(135 156 235 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 6.31 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.85 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.71 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.49 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 11.09 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 11.91 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 11.93 #786314 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#879ceb  rgb(135, 156, 235)  hsl(227, 71%, 73%)  Cornflower Blue
#ebd687  rgb(235, 214, 135)  hsl(47, 71%, 73%)  Buff
#eb879c  rgb(235, 135, 156)  hsl(347, 71%, 73%)  Flamingo Pink
#9ceb87  rgb(156, 235, 135)  hsl(107, 71%, 73%)  Light Green