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#859CD7

#859cd7 ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#859cd7 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 52.16% red, 61.18% green and 84.31% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 38.14% cyan, 27.44% magenta, 0% yellow and 15.69% black. Its hue angle is 223.17°, with 50.62% saturation and 68.24% 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 7.73:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 6.54.

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Relative luminance0.3367

Complementary

  1. #859cd7
  2. #d7c085

Split complementary

  1. #859cd7
  2. #d79785
  3. #c5d785

Analogous

  1. #85c5d7
  2. #859cd7
  3. #9785d7

Triadic

  1. #859cd7
  2. #d7859c
  3. #9cd785

Tetradic

  1. #859cd7
  2. #c085d7
  3. #d7c085
  4. #9cd785

Square

  1. #859cd7
  2. #d785c5
  3. #d7c085
  4. #85d797

Monochromatic

  1. #304c93
  2. #4b6dc4
  3. #859cd7
  4. #bfcbea
  5. #f0f3fa

Shades

#859cd7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #859cd7
  2. #788cc2
  3. #6a7dac
  4. #5d6d97
  5. #505e81
  6. #434e6c
  7. #353e56
  8. #282f41
  9. #1b1f2b
  10. #0d1016
  11. #000000

Tints

#859cd7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #859cd7
  2. #91a6db
  3. #9db0df
  4. #aabae3
  5. #b6c4e7
  6. #c2ceeb
  7. #ced7ef
  8. #dae1f3
  9. #e7ebf7
  10. #f3f5fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#859cd7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #859cd7
  2. #8599ce
  3. #8496c6
  4. #8494bd
  5. #8391b4
  6. #838eac
  7. #828ba3
  8. #82889a
  9. #818691
  10. #818389
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.72:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.73:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #949db7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #88a1da ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #809ad6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6ba8b1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #879fd9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #829bd6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #76a3c1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-859cd7 {
  color: #859cd7;
}
Background
.bg-859cd7 {
  background-color: #859cd7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-859cd7 {
  border: 2px solid #859cd7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #859cd7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 133 156 215;
  --color-primary-hsl: 223 51% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-859cd7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #859cd7, #9785d7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-859cd7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(133 156 215 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 6.54 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.67 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.03 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.18 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 9.95 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 9.98 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 11.05 #7a6328 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#859cd7  rgb(133, 156, 215)  hsl(223, 51%, 68%)  Cornflower Blue
#d7c085  rgb(215, 192, 133)  hsl(43, 51%, 68%)  Ecru
#d7859c  rgb(215, 133, 156)  hsl(343, 51%, 68%)  Puce
#9cd785  rgb(156, 215, 133)  hsl(103, 51%, 68%)  Granny Smith Apple