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#779BCD

#779bcd ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#779bcd 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 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 41.95% cyan, 24.39% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 214.88°, with 46.24% saturation and 63.53% 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 7.35:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 4.26.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.3177

Complementary

  1. #779bcd
  2. #cda977

Split complementary

  1. #779bcd
  2. #cd7e77
  3. #c6cd77

Analogous

  1. #77c6cd
  2. #779bcd
  3. #7e77cd

Triadic

  1. #779bcd
  2. #cd779b
  3. #9bcd77

Tetradic

  1. #779bcd
  2. #a977cd
  3. #cda977
  4. #9bcd77

Square

  1. #779bcd
  2. #cd77c6
  3. #cda977
  4. #77cd7e

Monochromatic

  1. #2e4f7d
  2. #4372b5
  3. #779bcd
  4. #afc4e2
  5. #e7edf6

Shades

#779bcd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #779bcd
  2. #6b8cb9
  3. #5f7ca4
  4. #536d90
  5. #475d7b
  6. #3c4e67
  7. #303e52
  8. #242f3e
  9. #181f29
  10. #0c1015
  11. #000000

Tints

#779bcd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #779bcd
  2. #85a5d2
  3. #92afd7
  4. #a0b9dc
  5. #adc3e1
  6. #bbcde6
  7. #c9d7eb
  8. #d6e1f0
  9. #e4ebf5
  10. #f1f5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#779bcd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #779bcd
  2. #7898c5
  3. #7996be
  4. #7a93b6
  5. #7b90ae
  6. #7c8ea7
  7. #7c8b9f
  8. #7d8897
  9. #7e858f
  10. #7f8388
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.86:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.35:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8d9ab0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #889dcf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7f95cc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #58a6ac ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #829cce ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7c98cc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #66a2ba ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-779bcd {
  color: #779bcd;
}
Background
.bg-779bcd {
  background-color: #779bcd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-779bcd {
  border: 2px solid #779bcd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #779bcd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 119 155 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 215 46% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-779bcd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #779bcd, #7e77cd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-779bcd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(119 155 205 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 4.26 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 4.87 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.21 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 7.22 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 8.43 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.43 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.49 #886432 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#779bcd  rgb(119, 155, 205)  hsl(215, 46%, 64%)  Cornflower Blue
#cda977  rgb(205, 169, 119)  hsl(35, 46%, 64%)  Tan
#cd779b  rgb(205, 119, 155)  hsl(335, 46%, 64%)  Thulian Pink
#9bcd77  rgb(155, 205, 119)  hsl(95, 46%, 64%)  Pistachio