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#949FFA

#949ffa ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#949ffa is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 58.04% red, 62.35% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 40.8% cyan, 36.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 233.53°, with 91.07% saturation and 78.04% 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 soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.6:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 8.86.

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Relative luminance0.3799

Complementary

  1. #949ffa
  2. #faef94

Split complementary

  1. #949ffa
  2. #fabc94
  3. #d2fa94

Analogous

  1. #94d2fa
  2. #949ffa
  3. #bc94fa

Triadic

  1. #949ffa
  2. #fa949f
  3. #9ffa94

Tetradic

  1. #949ffa
  2. #ef94fa
  3. #faef94
  4. #9ffa94

Square

  1. #949ffa
  2. #fa94d2
  3. #faef94
  4. #94fabc

Monochromatic

  1. #0b23ea
  2. #4b5df7
  3. #949ffa
  4. #dde1fd
  5. #eceefe

Shades

#949ffa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #949ffa
  2. #858fe1
  3. #767fc8
  4. #686faf
  5. #595f96
  6. #4a507d
  7. #3b4064
  8. #2c304b
  9. #1e2032
  10. #0f1019
  11. #000000

Tints

#949ffa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #949ffa
  2. #9fa9fb
  3. #a9b2fb
  4. #b4bcfc
  5. #bfc5fc
  6. #cacffd
  7. #d4d9fd
  8. #dfe2fe
  9. #eaecfe
  10. #f4f5ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#949ffa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #949ffa
  2. #929cee
  3. #9099e2
  4. #8e96d5
  5. #8c93c9
  6. #8a90bd
  7. #888cb1
  8. #8689a5
  9. #848698
  10. #82838c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.44:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.6:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9fa3cd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #80aafe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #78a2f8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #74b1c1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #88a6fc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #84a1f9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #82aada ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-949ffa {
  color: #949ffa;
}
Background
.bg-949ffa {
  background-color: #949ffa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-949ffa {
  border: 2px solid #949ffa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #949ffa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 148 159 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 234 91% 78%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-949ffa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #949ffa, #bc94fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-949ffa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(148 159 250 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.86 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.49 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 10.49 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 10.53 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 11.58 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 13.58 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 13.80 #6b6005 Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#949ffa  rgb(148, 159, 250)  hsl(234, 91%, 78%)  Cornflower Blue
#faef94  rgb(250, 239, 148)  hsl(54, 91%, 78%)  Khaki
#fa949f  rgb(250, 148, 159)  hsl(354, 91%, 78%)  Salmon Pink
#9ffa94  rgb(159, 250, 148)  hsl(114, 91%, 78%)  Pale Green