All About Color Cornflower Blue

#6495ED

Cornflower Blue is a vibrant, medium blue color, resembling the color of cornflower petals. It's a fresh and lively color, ideal for creating a vibrant and energetic ambiance.

About Cornflower Blue

Cornflower Blue is a light blue color with the hex code #6495ED. In RGB it is red 100, green 149, blue 237; in HSL it is hue 219°, saturation 79%, lightness 66%; in CMYK it is 58%, 37%, 0%, 7%. Its contrast ratio is 2.97:1 on white and 7.06:1 on black.

#6495ED Color Conversion

Hex triplet64, 95, ED
CMYK57.81%, 37.13%, 0.00%, 7.06%
RGB Decimal100, 149, 237
HSL219°, 79%, 66%
RGB Octal144, 225, 355
HSV (HSB)218.54°, 57.81%, 92.94%
RGB Binary1100100, 10010101, 11101101
CIE-L*AB61.93, 9.34, -49.31
RGB Percent39.22%, 58.43%, 92.94%
CIE-L*CH61.93, 50.18, 280.73
XYZ31.29, 30.32, 84.32
CIE-L*UV61.93, -22.93, -79.78
xyY0.21, 0.21, 30.32
Hunter-Lab55.06, 5.07, -52.25
RYB39.22%, 53.37%, 92.94%

Color Accessibility Scores

#6495ED on a dark background: contrast 7.06:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#6495ED on a light background: contrast 2.97:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of Cornflower Blue, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around Cornflower Blue. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#6495ED · #B6CDF6 · #1A5DDB · #EDBD64 · #F6E0B6

Analogous palette

#64EDBD · #64D8ED · #6495ED · #7864ED · #BD64ED

Triadic palette

#6495ED · #ED6494 · #94ED64 · #B6CDF6 · #F6B6CD

Tetradic palette

#6495ED · #ED64D8 · #EDBD64 · #64ED78 · #1A5DDB

Monochromatic palette

#1346A4 · #1F64E5 · #6495ED · #A8C3F5 · #E8EFFC

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