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#9296EA

#9296ea ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#9296ea is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 57.25% red, 58.82% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 37.61% cyan, 35.9% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 237.27°, with 67.69% saturation and 74.51% 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 7.77:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 9.61.

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Relative luminance0.3386

Complementary

  1. #9296ea
  2. #eae692

Split complementary

  1. #9296ea
  2. #eaba92
  3. #c2ea92

Analogous

  1. #92c2ea
  2. #9296ea
  3. #ba92ea

Triadic

  1. #9296ea
  2. #ea9296
  3. #96ea92

Tetradic

  1. #9296ea
  2. #e692ea
  3. #eae692
  4. #96ea92

Square

  1. #9296ea
  2. #ea92c2
  3. #eae692
  4. #92eaba

Monochromatic

  1. #252cbe
  2. #5258de
  3. #9296ea
  4. #d2d4f6
  5. #eeeffc

Shades

#9296ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9296ea
  2. #8387d3
  3. #7578bb
  4. #6669a4
  5. #585a8c
  6. #494b75
  7. #3a3c5e
  8. #2c2d46
  9. #1d1e2f
  10. #0f0f17
  11. #000000

Tints

#9296ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9296ea
  2. #9da1ec
  3. #a8abee
  4. #b3b6f0
  5. #bec0f2
  6. #c9cbf5
  7. #d3d5f7
  8. #dee0f9
  9. #e9eafb
  10. #f4f5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9296ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9296ea
  2. #9094df
  3. #8e92d5
  4. #8d8fca
  5. #8b8dc0
  6. #898bb5
  7. #8789aa
  8. #8587a0
  9. #848495
  10. #82828b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.7:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.77:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #999ac1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7aa1ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #769ae8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #79a6b5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #859cec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8299e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #84a0cc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9296ea {
  color: #9296ea;
}
Background
.bg-9296ea {
  background-color: #9296ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9296ea {
  border: 2px solid #9296ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9296ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 146 150 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 237 68% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9296ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9296ea, #ba92ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9296ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(146 150 234 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.61 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.62 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 10.98 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 11.85 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 11.92 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 11.97 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 12.00 #6d6915 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#9296ea  rgb(146, 150, 234)  hsl(237, 68%, 75%)  Cornflower Blue
#eae692  rgb(234, 230, 146)  hsl(57, 68%, 75%)  Khaki
#ea9296  rgb(234, 146, 150)  hsl(357, 68%, 75%)  Salmon Pink
#96ea92  rgb(150, 234, 146)  hsl(117, 68%, 75%)  Light Green