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#669CDF

#669cdf ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#669cdf 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 87.45% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 54.26% cyan, 30.04% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 213.22°, with 65.41% saturation and 63.73% 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 7.39:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 2.96.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.3193

Complementary

  1. #669cdf
  2. #dfa966

Split complementary

  1. #669cdf
  2. #df6d66
  3. #d9df66

Analogous

  1. #66d9df
  2. #669cdf
  3. #6d66df

Triadic

  1. #669cdf
  2. #df669c
  3. #9cdf66

Tetradic

  1. #669cdf
  2. #a966df
  3. #dfa966
  4. #9cdf66

Square

  1. #669cdf
  2. #df66d9
  3. #dfa966
  4. #66df6d

Monochromatic

  1. #1e508e
  2. #2b74ce
  3. #669cdf
  4. #a5c5ec
  5. #e5eef9

Shades

#669cdf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #669cdf
  2. #5c8cc9
  3. #527db2
  4. #476d9c
  5. #3d5e86
  6. #334e70
  7. #293e59
  8. #1f2f43
  9. #141f2d
  10. #0a1016
  11. #000000

Tints

#669cdf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #669cdf
  2. #75a6e2
  3. #85b0e5
  4. #94bae9
  5. #a3c4ec
  6. #b3ceef
  7. #c2d7f2
  8. #d1e1f5
  9. #e0ebf9
  10. #f0f5fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#669cdf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #669cdf
  2. #6999d6
  3. #6b96cc
  4. #6e94c3
  5. #7091b9
  6. #738eb0
  7. #768ba6
  8. #78889d
  9. #7b8693
  10. #7d838a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.84:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.39:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #889ab9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #81a0e2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7294de ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #18abb4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #779ee1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6d97de ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #45a5c7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-669cdf {
  color: #669cdf;
}
Background
.bg-669cdf {
  background-color: #669cdf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-669cdf {
  border: 2px solid #669cdf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #669cdf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 102 156 223;
  --color-primary-hsl: 213 65% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-669cdf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #669cdf, #6d66df);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-669cdf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(102 156 223 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 2.96 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 3.14 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 4.41 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.32 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.45 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.15 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 9.48 #996320 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#669cdf  rgb(102, 156, 223)  hsl(213, 65%, 64%)  Cornflower Blue
#dfa966  rgb(223, 169, 102)  hsl(33, 65%, 64%)  Indian Yellow
#df669c  rgb(223, 102, 156)  hsl(333, 65%, 64%)  Thulian Pink
#9cdf66  rgb(156, 223, 102)  hsl(93, 65%, 64%)  Inchworm