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#9299FE

#9299fe ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#9299fe is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 57.25% red, 60% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 42.52% cyan, 39.76% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 236.11°, with 98.18% saturation and 78.43% 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 soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.21:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 8.92.

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Relative luminance0.3605

Complementary

  1. #9299fe
  2. #fef792

Split complementary

  1. #9299fe
  2. #fec192
  3. #cffe92

Analogous

  1. #92cffe
  2. #9299fe
  3. #c192fe

Triadic

  1. #9299fe
  2. #fe9299
  3. #99fe92

Tetradic

  1. #9299fe
  2. #f792fe
  3. #fef792
  4. #99fe92

Square

  1. #9299fe
  2. #fe92cf
  3. #fef792
  4. #92fec1

Monochromatic

  1. #0212f5
  2. #4652fd
  3. #9299fe
  4. #dee0ff
  5. #ebecff

Shades

#9299fe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9299fe
  2. #838ae5
  3. #757acb
  4. #666bb2
  5. #585c98
  6. #494d7f
  7. #3a3d66
  8. #2c2e4c
  9. #1d1f33
  10. #0f0f19
  11. #000000

Tints

#9299fe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9299fe
  2. #9da3fe
  3. #a8adfe
  4. #b3b8fe
  5. #bec2fe
  6. #c9ccff
  7. #d3d6ff
  8. #dee0ff
  9. #e9ebff
  10. #f4f5ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9299fe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9299fe
  2. #9097f1
  3. #8e94e5
  4. #8d92d8
  5. #8b8fcc
  6. #898dbf
  7. #878ab2
  8. #8588a6
  9. #848599
  10. #82838d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.56:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.21:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9c9ecd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #74a6ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6d9efc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6fadbf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #81a1ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7e9cfd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7fa6db ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9299fe {
  color: #9299fe;
}
Background
.bg-9299fe {
  background-color: #9299fe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9299fe {
  border: 2px solid #9299fe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9299fe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 146 153 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 236 98% 78%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9299fe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9299fe, #c192fe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9299fe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(146 153 254 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.92 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 10.55 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 10.77 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 11.07 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 12.77 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 13.10 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 13.38 #6d6601 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#9299fe  rgb(146, 153, 254)  hsl(236, 98%, 78%)  Cornflower Blue
#fef792  rgb(254, 247, 146)  hsl(56, 98%, 78%)  Pastel Yellow
#fe9299  rgb(254, 146, 153)  hsl(356, 98%, 78%)  Salmon Pink
#99fe92  rgb(153, 254, 146)  hsl(116, 98%, 78%)  Mint Green