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#759DEE

#759dee ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#759dee is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 45.88% red, 61.57% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 50.84% cyan, 34.03% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 220.17°, with 78.06% saturation and 69.61% 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 7.81:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 2.97.

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Web safe#6699ff
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Relative luminance0.3407

Complementary

  1. #759dee
  2. #eec675

Split complementary

  1. #759dee
  2. #ee8a75
  3. #d9ee75

Analogous

  1. #75d9ee
  2. #759dee
  3. #8a75ee

Triadic

  1. #759dee
  2. #ee759d
  3. #9dee75

Tetradic

  1. #759dee
  2. #c675ee
  3. #eec675
  4. #9dee75

Square

  1. #759dee
  2. #ee75d9
  3. #eec675
  4. #75ee8a

Monochromatic

  1. #164ab4
  2. #316de6
  3. #759dee
  4. #b9cdf6
  5. #edf2fd

Shades

#759dee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #759dee
  2. #698dd6
  3. #5e7ebe
  4. #526ea7
  5. #465e8f
  6. #3b4f77
  7. #2f3f5f
  8. #232f47
  9. #171f30
  10. #0c1018
  11. #000000

Tints

#759dee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #759dee
  2. #83a7f0
  3. #91b1f1
  4. #9ebaf3
  5. #acc4f5
  6. #bacef7
  7. #c8d8f8
  8. #d6e2fa
  9. #e3ebfc
  10. #f1f5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#759dee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #759dee
  2. #769ae3
  3. #7797d8
  4. #7894cd
  5. #7991c2
  6. #7b8fb7
  7. #7c8cac
  8. #7d89a1
  9. #7e8696
  10. #7f838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.69:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.81:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8f9dc3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7da4f1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7099ec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #3cafba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7aa1f0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #729aed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #58a8d1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-759dee {
  color: #759dee;
}
Background
.bg-759dee {
  background-color: #759dee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-759dee {
  border: 2px solid #759dee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #759dee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 117 157 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 220 78% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-759dee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #759dee, #8a75ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-759dee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(117 157 238 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 2.97 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 4.63 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.15 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.03 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 8.60 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.86 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 10.39 #8a6211 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#759dee  rgb(117, 157, 238)  hsl(220, 78%, 70%)  Cornflower Blue
#eec675  rgb(238, 198, 117)  hsl(40, 78%, 70%)  Topaz
#ee759d  rgb(238, 117, 157)  hsl(340, 78%, 70%)  Pale Violet Red
#9dee75  rgb(157, 238, 117)  hsl(100, 78%, 70%)  Light Green