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#809EE3

#809ee3 ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#809ee3 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 50.2% red, 61.96% green and 89.02% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 43.61% cyan, 30.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.98% black. Its hue angle is 221.82°, with 63.87% 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 7.92:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 4.85.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.3459

Complementary

  1. #809ee3
  2. #e3c580

Split complementary

  1. #809ee3
  2. #e39480
  3. #cfe380

Analogous

  1. #80cfe3
  2. #809ee3
  3. #9480e3

Triadic

  1. #809ee3
  2. #e3809e
  3. #9ee380

Tetradic

  1. #809ee3
  2. #c580e3
  3. #e3c580
  4. #9ee380

Square

  1. #809ee3
  2. #e380cf
  3. #e3c580
  4. #80e394

Monochromatic

  1. #244ca6
  2. #416ed5
  3. #809ee3
  4. #bfcef1
  5. #eef2fb

Shades

#809ee3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #809ee3
  2. #738ecc
  3. #667eb6
  4. #5a6f9f
  5. #4d5f88
  6. #404f72
  7. #333f5b
  8. #262f44
  9. #1a202d
  10. #0d1017
  11. #000000

Tints

#809ee3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #809ee3
  2. #8da8e6
  3. #99b1e9
  4. #a6bbeb
  5. #b3c5ee
  6. #c0cff1
  7. #ccd8f4
  8. #d9e2f7
  9. #e6ecf9
  10. #f2f5fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#809ee3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #809ee3
  2. #809bd9
  3. #8098cf
  4. #8095c5
  5. #8092bb
  6. #808fb2
  7. #808ca8
  8. #80899e
  9. #808694
  10. #80838a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.65:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.92:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #939ebe ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #85a4e6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7b9be1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #5cacb7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #83a1e5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7d9ce2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #6ca7ca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-809ee3 {
  color: #809ee3;
}
Background
.bg-809ee3 {
  background-color: #809ee3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-809ee3 {
  border: 2px solid #809ee3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #809ee3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 128 158 227;
  --color-primary-hsl: 222 64% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-809ee3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #809ee3, #9480e3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-809ee3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(128 158 227 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 4.85 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.29 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.94 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.52 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 9.83 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.14 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 10.41 #7f611c Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#809ee3  rgb(128, 158, 227)  hsl(222, 64%, 70%)  Cornflower Blue
#e3c580  rgb(227, 197, 128)  hsl(42, 64%, 70%)  Burly Wood
#e3809e  rgb(227, 128, 158)  hsl(342, 64%, 70%)  Pale Violet Red
#9ee380  rgb(158, 227, 128)  hsl(102, 64%, 70%)  Light Green