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#859CD9

#859cd9 ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#859cd9 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 85.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 38.71% cyan, 28.11% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.9% black. Its hue angle is 223.57°, with 52.5% saturation and 68.63% 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 7.75:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 6.43.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.3377

Complementary

  1. #859cd9
  2. #d9c285

Split complementary

  1. #859cd9
  2. #d99885
  3. #c6d985

Analogous

  1. #85c6d9
  2. #859cd9
  3. #9885d9

Triadic

  1. #859cd9
  2. #d9859c
  3. #9cd985

Tetradic

  1. #859cd9
  2. #c285d9
  3. #d9c285
  4. #9cd985

Square

  1. #859cd9
  2. #d985c6
  3. #d9c285
  4. #85d998

Monochromatic

  1. #2f4b96
  2. #4b6dc7
  3. #859cd9
  4. #bfcbeb
  5. #eff2fa

Shades

#859cd9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #859cd9
  2. #788cc3
  3. #6a7dae
  4. #5d6d98
  5. #505e82
  6. #434e6d
  7. #353e57
  8. #282f41
  9. #1b1f2b
  10. #0d1016
  11. #000000

Tints

#859cd9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #859cd9
  2. #91a6dd
  3. #9db0e1
  4. #aabae4
  5. #b6c4e8
  6. #c2ceec
  7. #ced7f0
  8. #dae1f4
  9. #e7ebf7
  10. #f3f5fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#859cd9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #859cd9
  2. #8599d0
  3. #8496c7
  4. #8494be
  5. #8391b5
  6. #838ead
  7. #828ba4
  8. #82889b
  9. #818692
  10. #818389
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.71:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.75:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #949db8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #87a1dc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #809ad8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6aa8b1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #869fdb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #829bd8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #76a4c3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-859cd9 {
  color: #859cd9;
}
Background
.bg-859cd9 {
  background-color: #859cd9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-859cd9 {
  border: 2px solid #859cd9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #859cd9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 133 156 217;
  --color-primary-hsl: 224 53% 69%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-859cd9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #859cd9, #9885d9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-859cd9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(133 156 217 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 6.43 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.61 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.20 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.20 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 10.05 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 10.25 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 11.10 #7a6326 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#859cd9  rgb(133, 156, 217)  hsl(224, 53%, 69%)  Cornflower Blue
#d9c285  rgb(217, 194, 133)  hsl(44, 53%, 69%)  Ecru
#d9859c  rgb(217, 133, 156)  hsl(344, 53%, 69%)  Puce
#9cd985  rgb(156, 217, 133)  hsl(104, 53%, 69%)  Granny Smith Apple