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#779BCA

#779bca ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#779bca is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 46.67% red, 60.78% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 41.09% cyan, 23.27% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 213.98°, with 43.92% saturation and 62.94% 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 7.33:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 4.52.

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Relative luminance0.3163

Complementary

  1. #779bca
  2. #caa677

Split complementary

  1. #779bca
  2. #ca7c77
  3. #c4ca77

Analogous

  1. #77c4ca
  2. #779bca
  3. #7c77ca

Triadic

  1. #779bca
  2. #ca779b
  3. #9bca77

Tetradic

  1. #779bca
  2. #a677ca
  3. #caa677
  4. #9bca77

Square

  1. #779bca
  2. #ca77c4
  3. #caa677
  4. #77ca7c

Monochromatic

  1. #2f4f79
  2. #4573b0
  3. #779bca
  4. #aec3df
  5. #e5ecf5

Shades

#779bca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #779bca
  2. #6b8cb6
  3. #5f7ca2
  4. #536d8d
  5. #475d79
  6. #3c4e65
  7. #303e51
  8. #242f3d
  9. #181f28
  10. #0c1014
  11. #000000

Tints

#779bca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #779bca
  2. #85a5cf
  3. #92afd5
  4. #a0b9da
  5. #adc3df
  6. #bbcde5
  7. #c9d7ea
  8. #d6e1ef
  9. #e4ebf4
  10. #f1f5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#779bca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #779bca
  2. #7898c3
  3. #7996bb
  4. #7a93b4
  5. #7b90ac
  6. #7c8ea5
  7. #7c8b9e
  8. #7d8896
  9. #7e858f
  10. #7f8387
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.87:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.33:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8c9aaf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #899dcc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8095c9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #59a5ab ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #829ccb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7c97c9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #67a1b8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-779bca {
  color: #779bca;
}
Background
.bg-779bca {
  background-color: #779bca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-779bca {
  border: 2px solid #779bca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #779bca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 119 155 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 214 44% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-779bca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #779bca, #7c77ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-779bca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(119 155 202 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 4.52 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.00 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 5.03 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.97 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 8.39 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.49 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.49 #886435 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#779bca  rgb(119, 155, 202)  hsl(214, 44%, 63%)  Cornflower Blue
#caa677  rgb(202, 166, 119)  hsl(34, 44%, 63%)  Camel
#ca779b  rgb(202, 119, 155)  hsl(334, 44%, 63%)  Thulian Pink
#9bca77  rgb(155, 202, 119)  hsl(94, 44%, 63%)  Pistachio