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#6296EA

#6296ea ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#6296ea is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 38.43% red, 58.82% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 58.12% cyan, 35.9% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 217.06°, with 76.4% saturation and 65.1% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.07:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 0.77.

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Web safe#6699ff
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Relative luminance0.3035

Complementary

  1. #6296ea
  2. #eab662

Split complementary

  1. #6296ea
  2. #ea7262
  3. #daea62

Analogous

  1. #62daea
  2. #6296ea
  3. #7262ea

Triadic

  1. #6296ea
  2. #ea6296
  3. #96ea62

Tetradic

  1. #6296ea
  2. #b662ea
  3. #eab662
  4. #96ea62

Square

  1. #6296ea
  2. #ea62da
  3. #eab662
  4. #62ea72

Monochromatic

  1. #15499e
  2. #1f69e1
  3. #6296ea
  4. #a5c3f3
  5. #e9f0fc

Shades

#6296ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #6296ea
  2. #5887d3
  3. #4e78bb
  4. #4569a4
  5. #3b5a8c
  6. #314b75
  7. #273c5e
  8. #1d2d46
  9. #141e2f
  10. #0a0f17
  11. #000000

Tints

#6296ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #6296ea
  2. #72a1ec
  3. #81abee
  4. #91b6f0
  5. #a1c0f2
  6. #b1cbf5
  7. #c0d5f7
  8. #d0e0f9
  9. #e0eafb
  10. #eff5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#6296ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #6296ea
  2. #6594df
  3. #6892d5
  4. #6b8fca
  5. #6e8dc0
  6. #718bb5
  7. #7489aa
  8. #7787a0
  9. #7a8495
  10. #7d828b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.97:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.07:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8496bd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #739ded ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6190e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a9b5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6d9aec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6192e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #37a2cc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-6296ea {
  color: #6296ea;
}
Background
.bg-6296ea {
  background-color: #6296ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-6296ea {
  border: 2px solid #6296ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #6296ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 98 150 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 217 76% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-6296ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6296ea, #7262ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-6296ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(98 150 234 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 0.77 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 1.50 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.00 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.65 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.40 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 7.32 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 8.54 #9d6915 Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#6296ea  rgb(98, 150, 234)  hsl(217, 76%, 65%)  Cornflower Blue
#eab662  rgb(234, 182, 98)  hsl(37, 76%, 65%)  Indian Yellow
#ea6296  rgb(234, 98, 150)  hsl(337, 76%, 65%)  Pale Violet Red
#96ea62  rgb(150, 234, 98)  hsl(97, 76%, 65%)  Inchworm