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#6299FE

#6299fe ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#6299fe is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 38.43% red, 60% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 61.42% cyan, 39.76% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 218.85°, with 98.73% saturation and 69.02% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.51:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 2.01.

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Web safe#6699ff
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Relative luminance0.3253

Complementary

  1. #6299fe
  2. #fec762

Split complementary

  1. #6299fe
  2. #fe7962
  3. #e7fe62

Analogous

  1. #62e7fe
  2. #6299fe
  3. #7962fe

Triadic

  1. #6299fe
  2. #fe6299
  3. #99fe62

Tetradic

  1. #6299fe
  2. #c762fe
  3. #fec762
  4. #99fe62

Square

  1. #6299fe
  2. #fe62e7
  3. #fec762
  4. #62fe79

Monochromatic

  1. #0147c6
  2. #1668fe
  3. #6299fe
  4. #aecafe
  5. #ebf2ff

Shades

#6299fe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #6299fe
  2. #588ae5
  3. #4e7acb
  4. #456bb2
  5. #3b5c98
  6. #314d7f
  7. #273d66
  8. #1d2e4c
  9. #141f33
  10. #0a0f19
  11. #000000

Tints

#6299fe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #6299fe
  2. #72a3fe
  3. #81adfe
  4. #91b8fe
  5. #a1c2fe
  6. #b1ccff
  7. #c0d6ff
  8. #d0e0ff
  9. #e0ebff
  10. #eff5ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#6299fe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #6299fe
  2. #6597f1
  3. #6894e5
  4. #6b92d8
  5. #6e8fcc
  6. #718dbf
  7. #748ab2
  8. #7788a6
  9. #7a8599
  10. #7d838d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.8:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.51:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #879aca ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6ca2ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5694fc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b0bf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #689fff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5b96fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #27a7db ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-6299fe {
  color: #6299fe;
}
Background
.bg-6299fe {
  background-color: #6299fe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-6299fe {
  border: 2px solid #6299fe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #6299fe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 98 153 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 219 99% 69%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-6299fe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6299fe, #7962fe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-6299fe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(98 153 254 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 2.01 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 3.37 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.71 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.57 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.02 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 8.06 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 10.43 #9d6601 Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#6299fe  rgb(98, 153, 254)  hsl(219, 99%, 69%)  Cornflower Blue
#fec762  rgb(254, 199, 98)  hsl(39, 99%, 69%)  Topaz
#fe6299  rgb(254, 98, 153)  hsl(339, 99%, 69%)  Brilliant Rose
#99fe62  rgb(153, 254, 98)  hsl(99, 99%, 69%)  Lawn Green