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Cornflower Blue Color

#6495ed

Cornflower Blue Color

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A soft mid-blue named after the cornflower (Centaurea cyanus), a wildflower with vivid blue petals.

Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#6495ed

RGB

rgb(100, 149, 237)

HSL

hsl(218.5, 79.2%, 66.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(218.5, 57.8%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(57.8%, 37.1%, 0%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(61.93, 9.33, -49.3)

LCH

lch(61.93, 50.18, 280.72)

OKLCH

oklch(67.5%, 0.1413, 261.33)

HWB

hwb(218.5, 39.2%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#edbc64

Analogous

#64daed

#6495ed

#7764ed

Triadic

#6495ed

#ed6495

#95ed64

Split-complementary

#6495ed

#ed7764

#daed64

Tetradic

#6495ed

#bc64ed

#edbc64

#95ed64

Square

#6495ed

#ed64da

#edbc64

#64ed77

Shades

Cornflower Blue Color mixed toward black.

#3273e7

#1757c9

#124197

#0c2c65

#061632

Tints

Cornflower Blue Color mixed toward white.

#7ea7f0

#98b8f3

#b2caf6

#cbdcf9

#e5edfc

Tones

Cornflower Blue Color mixed toward gray.

#7098e2

#7b9cd6

#869fcb

#92a2bf

#9da5b4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.06:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.06:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7c7ddc · ΔE 11.1

Deuteranopia

#7975d7 · ΔE 13.3

Tritanopia

#67cdca · ΔE 30.2

Achromatopsia

#969696 · ΔE 23.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6495ed;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6495ed]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

Cornflower Blue (#6495ed) is rgb(100, 149, 237) in RGB.

No, #6495ed is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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