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#9090EE

#9090ee ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#9090ee is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 56.47% red, 56.47% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 39.5% cyan, 39.5% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 240°, with 73.44% saturation and 74.9% 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 7.41:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 9.91.

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Web safe#9999ff
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Relative luminance0.3205

Complementary

  1. #9090ee
  2. #eeee90

Split complementary

  1. #9090ee
  2. #eebf90
  3. #bfee90

Analogous

  1. #90bfee
  2. #9090ee
  3. #bf90ee

Triadic

  1. #9090ee
  2. #ee9090
  3. #90ee90

Tetradic

  1. #9090ee
  2. #ee90ee
  3. #eeee90
  4. #90ee90

Square

  1. #9090ee
  2. #ee90bf
  3. #eeee90
  4. #90eebf

Monochromatic

  1. #1e1ec7
  2. #4e4ee4
  3. #9090ee
  4. #d2d2f8
  5. #ededfc

Shades

#9090ee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9090ee
  2. #8282d6
  3. #7373be
  4. #6565a7
  5. #56568f
  6. #484877
  7. #3a3a5f
  8. #2b2b47
  9. #1d1d30
  10. #0e0e18
  11. #000000

Tints

#9090ee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9090ee
  2. #9b9bf0
  3. #a6a6f1
  4. #b1b1f3
  5. #bcbcf5
  6. #c8c8f7
  7. #d3d3f8
  8. #dedefa
  9. #e9e9fc
  10. #f4f4fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9090ee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9090ee
  2. #8e8ee3
  3. #8d8dd8
  4. #8b8bcd
  5. #8a8ac2
  6. #8888b7
  7. #8686ac
  8. #8585a1
  9. #838396
  10. #82828b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.83:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.41:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9696c1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #709df2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6b96ec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #74a3b4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7e98f0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7c94ed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #809bce ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9090ee {
  color: #9090ee;
}
Background
.bg-9090ee {
  background-color: #9090ee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9090ee {
  border: 2px solid #9090ee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9090ee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 144 144 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 240 73% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9090ee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9090ee, #bf90ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9090ee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(144 144 238 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.91 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 10.37 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 11.21 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 11.27 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 11.64 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 11.85 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 11.99 #6f6f11 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#9090ee  rgb(144, 144, 238)  hsl(240, 73%, 75%)  Cornflower Blue
#eeee90  rgb(238, 238, 144)  hsl(60, 73%, 75%)  Khaki
#ee9090  rgb(238, 144, 144)  hsl(0, 73%, 75%)  Light Coral
#90ee90  rgb(144, 238, 144)  hsl(120, 73%, 75%)  Light Green