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#7296EA

#7296ea ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#7296ea is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 44.71% red, 58.82% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 51.28% cyan, 35.9% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 222°, with 74.07% saturation and 68.24% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.27:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 2.39.

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Relative luminance0.3133

Complementary

  1. #7296ea
  2. #eac672

Split complementary

  1. #7296ea
  2. #ea8a72
  3. #d2ea72

Analogous

  1. #72d2ea
  2. #7296ea
  3. #8a72ea

Triadic

  1. #7296ea
  2. #ea7296
  3. #96ea72

Tetradic

  1. #7296ea
  2. #c672ea
  3. #eac672
  4. #96ea72

Square

  1. #7296ea
  2. #ea72d2
  3. #eac672
  4. #72ea8a

Monochromatic

  1. #1945aa
  2. #2f64e0
  3. #7296ea
  4. #b5c8f4
  5. #edf2fc

Shades

#7296ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #7296ea
  2. #6787d3
  3. #5b78bb
  4. #5069a4
  5. #445a8c
  6. #394b75
  7. #2e3c5e
  8. #222d46
  9. #171e2f
  10. #0b0f17
  11. #000000

Tints

#7296ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #7296ea
  2. #80a1ec
  3. #8eabee
  4. #9cb6f0
  5. #aac0f2
  6. #b9cbf5
  7. #c7d5f7
  8. #d5e0f9
  9. #e3eafb
  10. #f1f5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#7296ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #7296ea
  2. #7394df
  3. #7592d5
  4. #768fca
  5. #788dc0
  6. #798bb5
  7. #7a89aa
  8. #7c87a0
  9. #7d8495
  10. #7f828b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.89:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.27:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8a97be ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #759eed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6793e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #39a8b5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #749bec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6c94e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #55a1cc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-7296ea {
  color: #7296ea;
}
Background
.bg-7296ea {
  background-color: #7296ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-7296ea {
  border: 2px solid #7296ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #7296ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 114 150 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 222 74% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-7296ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #7296ea, #8a72ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-7296ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(114 150 234 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 2.39 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 3.92 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.33 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.93 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.34 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 8.68 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 9.38 #8d6915 Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#7296ea  rgb(114, 150, 234)  hsl(222, 74%, 68%)  Cornflower Blue
#eac672  rgb(234, 198, 114)  hsl(42, 74%, 68%)  Topaz
#ea7296  rgb(234, 114, 150)  hsl(342, 74%, 68%)  Pale Violet Red
#96ea72  rgb(150, 234, 114)  hsl(102, 74%, 68%)  Light Green