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#669CDE

#669cde ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#669cde 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 87.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 54.05% cyan, 29.73% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 213°, with 64.52% saturation and 63.53% 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 7.38:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 3.04.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.3188

Complementary

  1. #669cde
  2. #dea866

Split complementary

  1. #669cde
  2. #de6c66
  3. #d8de66

Analogous

  1. #66d8de
  2. #669cde
  3. #6c66de

Triadic

  1. #669cde
  2. #de669c
  3. #9cde66

Tetradic

  1. #669cde
  2. #a866de
  3. #dea866
  4. #9cde66

Square

  1. #669cde
  2. #de66d8
  3. #dea866
  4. #66de6c

Monochromatic

  1. #1e508d
  2. #2c74cc
  3. #669cde
  4. #a5c5ec
  5. #e4edf9

Shades

#669cde mixed progressively with black.

  1. #669cde
  2. #5c8cc8
  3. #527db2
  4. #476d9b
  5. #3d5e85
  6. #334e6f
  7. #293e59
  8. #1f2f43
  9. #141f2c
  10. #0a1016
  11. #000000

Tints

#669cde mixed progressively with white.

  1. #669cde
  2. #75a6e1
  3. #85b0e5
  4. #94bae8
  5. #a3c4eb
  6. #b3ceef
  7. #c2d7f2
  8. #d1e1f5
  9. #e0ebf8
  10. #f0f5fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#669cde mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #669cde
  2. #6999d5
  3. #6b96cb
  4. #6e94c2
  5. #7091b8
  6. #738eaf
  7. #768ba6
  8. #78889c
  9. #7b8693
  10. #7d8389
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.85:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.38:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #889ab9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #819fe1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7294dd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #1babb3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #779ee0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6d97dd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #45a5c6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-669cde {
  color: #669cde;
}
Background
.bg-669cde {
  background-color: #669cde;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-669cde {
  border: 2px solid #669cde;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #669cde;
  --color-primary-rgb: 102 156 222;
  --color-primary-hsl: 213 65% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-669cde {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #669cde, #6c66de);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-669cde {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(102 156 222 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 3.04 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 3.17 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 4.34 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.21 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.46 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.13 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 9.44 #996321 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#669cde  rgb(102, 156, 222)  hsl(213, 65%, 64%)  Cornflower Blue
#dea866  rgb(222, 168, 102)  hsl(33, 65%, 64%)  Indian Yellow
#de669c  rgb(222, 102, 156)  hsl(333, 65%, 64%)  Thulian Pink
#9cde66  rgb(156, 222, 102)  hsl(93, 65%, 64%)  Inchworm