Colors

#6495ED

Cornflower Blue

Cornflower Blue is #6495ED. In CSS you can write it as the keyword cornflowerblue. The values below are the same sRGB color in HEX, RGB, HSL, HSV, a simple CMYK conversion, and OKLCH. CMYK here is a channel formula for reference, not a press proof.

Conversions

HEX
#6495ED
RGB
rgb(100, 149, 237)
HSL
hsl(219,79%,66%)
HSV
hsv(219, 58%, 93%)
CMYK
cmyk(58,37,0,7)
OKLCH
oklch(67.5% 0.141 261.3)

Tints and shades

Tints mix this color toward white. Shades mix it toward black in sRGB. For a 50–950 ramp, open the tint and shade generator.

Tints

#83AAF1

20% white

#A2BFF4

40% white

#C1D5F8

60% white

#E0EAFB

80% white

Shades

#5077BE

20% black

#3C598E

40% black

#283C5F

60% black

#141E2F

80% black

Harmony palettes

These schemes rotate hue from Cornflower Blue. Read the relationships in color theory 101 or adjust them on the color wheel.

Complementary

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#6494ED

#EDBD64

#B4C7E9

#E9D7B4

#5173B3

Analogous

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#64D8ED

#6494ED

#7864ED

#BD64ED

#6EE3BA

Triadic

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#6494ED

#ED6494

#94ED64

#E9B4C7

#7CCD51

Split Complementary

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#6494ED

#ED7864

#D8ED64

#CAD6EC

#B39151

Monochromatic

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#0B275B

#1344A0

#1B61E4

#5F91EC

#A4C0F4

Tetradic

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#6494ED

#ED64D8

#EDBD64

#64ED78

#E4AADB

Contrast against white and black

Ratios use the WCAG relative-luminance formula. AA normal text needs 4.5:1 and large text needs 3:1 under Success Criterion 1.4.3. AAA uses 7:1 and 4.5:1. A pass here is only this pair, not a full page audit. Check other pairings in the contrast checker.

On white · 2.97:1
AA normal text Fail
AA large text Fail
AAA normal text Fail
AAA large text Fail
On black · 7.06:1
AA normal text Pass
AA large text Pass
AAA normal text Pass
AAA large text Pass

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Nearest CSS named colors by RGB distance. Distance is not a perceptual match.

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