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#669CDB

#669cdb ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#669cdb is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 40% red, 61.18% green and 85.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 53.42% cyan, 28.77% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 212.31°, with 61.9% saturation and 62.94% 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 7.34:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 3.3.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.3172

Complementary

  1. #669cdb
  2. #dba566

Split complementary

  1. #669cdb
  2. #db6b66
  3. #d6db66

Analogous

  1. #66d6db
  2. #669cdb
  3. #6b66db

Triadic

  1. #669cdb
  2. #db669c
  3. #9cdb66

Tetradic

  1. #669cdb
  2. #a566db
  3. #dba566
  4. #9cdb66

Square

  1. #669cdb
  2. #db66d6
  3. #dba566
  4. #66db6b

Monochromatic

  1. #205088
  2. #2f74c6
  3. #669cdb
  4. #a4c4ea
  5. #e2ecf8

Shades

#669cdb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #669cdb
  2. #5c8cc5
  3. #527daf
  4. #476d99
  5. #3d5e83
  6. #334e6e
  7. #293e58
  8. #1f2f42
  9. #141f2c
  10. #0a1016
  11. #000000

Tints

#669cdb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #669cdb
  2. #75a6df
  3. #85b0e2
  4. #94bae6
  5. #a3c4e9
  6. #b3ceed
  7. #c2d7f1
  8. #d1e1f4
  9. #e0ebf8
  10. #f0f5fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#669cdb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #669cdb
  2. #6999d2
  3. #6b96c9
  4. #6e94c0
  5. #7091b7
  6. #738eae
  7. #768ba4
  8. #78889b
  9. #7b8692
  10. #7d8389
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.86:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.34:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #879ab7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #829fde ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7494da ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #20aab2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #789edd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6e97da ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #46a5c4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-669cdb {
  color: #669cdb;
}
Background
.bg-669cdb {
  background-color: #669cdb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-669cdb {
  border: 2px solid #669cdb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #669cdb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 102 156 219;
  --color-primary-hsl: 212 62% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-669cdb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #669cdb, #6b66db);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-669cdb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(102 156 219 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 3.30 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 3.31 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 4.13 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.88 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.50 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.08 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.18 #996324 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#669cdb  rgb(102, 156, 219)  hsl(212, 62%, 63%)  Cornflower Blue
#dba566  rgb(219, 165, 102)  hsl(32, 62%, 63%)  Fawn
#db669c  rgb(219, 102, 156)  hsl(332, 62%, 63%)  Thulian Pink
#9cdb66  rgb(156, 219, 102)  hsl(92, 62%, 63%)  Inchworm