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#7496CF

#7496cf ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#7496cf is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 45.49% red, 58.82% green and 81.18% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 43.96% cyan, 27.54% magenta, 0% yellow and 18.82% black. Its hue angle is 217.58°, with 48.66% saturation and 63.33% 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 7.01:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 3.86.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.3003

Complementary

  1. #7496cf
  2. #cfad74

Split complementary

  1. #7496cf
  2. #cf7f74
  3. #c3cf74

Analogous

  1. #74c3cf
  2. #7496cf
  3. #7f74cf

Triadic

  1. #7496cf
  2. #cf7496
  3. #96cf74

Tetradic

  1. #7496cf
  2. #ad74cf
  3. #cfad74
  4. #96cf74

Square

  1. #7496cf
  2. #cf74c3
  3. #cfad74
  4. #74cf7f

Monochromatic

  1. #2c4b7e
  2. #3f6cb7
  3. #7496cf
  4. #adc1e3
  5. #e6ecf6

Shades

#7496cf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #7496cf
  2. #6887ba
  3. #5d78a6
  4. #516991
  5. #465a7c
  6. #3a4b68
  7. #2e3c53
  8. #232d3e
  9. #171e29
  10. #0c0f15
  11. #000000

Tints

#7496cf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #7496cf
  2. #82a1d4
  3. #90abd9
  4. #9eb6dd
  5. #acc0e2
  6. #bacbe7
  7. #c7d5ec
  8. #d5e0f1
  9. #e3eaf5
  10. #f1f5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#7496cf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #7496cf
  2. #7594c7
  3. #7692bf
  4. #788fb7
  5. #798daf
  6. #7a8ba8
  7. #7b89a0
  8. #7c8798
  9. #7e8490
  10. #7f8288
  11. #808080

Readable text 3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.01:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #959595 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8995af ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #819ad2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7791ce ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #52a2aa ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7c98d1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7693ce ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #619dba ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-7496cf {
  color: #7496cf;
}
Background
.bg-7496cf {
  background-color: #7496cf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-7496cf {
  border: 2px solid #7496cf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #7496cf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 116 150 207;
  --color-primary-hsl: 218 49% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-7496cf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #7496cf, #7f74cf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-7496cf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(116 150 207 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 3.86 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 4.34 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.77 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 7.13 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.13 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.35 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 8.40 #8b6930 Inverted #959595 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#7496cf  rgb(116, 150, 207)  hsl(218, 49%, 63%)  Cornflower Blue
#cfad74  rgb(207, 173, 116)  hsl(38, 49%, 63%)  Burly Wood
#cf7496  rgb(207, 116, 150)  hsl(338, 49%, 63%)  Pale Violet Red
#96cf74  rgb(150, 207, 116)  hsl(98, 49%, 63%)  Pistachio