Cornflower Blue color (#6495ED)
Cornflower Blue is one of the 148 CSS named colors. Use the keyword cornflowerblue
anywhere CSS accepts a color, or its hex code #6495ED, which is rgb(100, 149, 237) in RGB.
It is a medium, vivid cool color with a hue angle of 219° on the HSL color wheel and a perceived lightness of 68% in OKLCH. On a cornflower blue background, black text gives the higher contrast at 7.06:1, which passes WCAG AA for normal text.
Cornflower Blue color codes
| CSS name | cornflowerblue |
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|---|---|---|
| HEX | #6495ED |
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| HEX (8-digit) | #6495EDFF |
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| RGB | rgb(100, 149, 237) |
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| HSL | hsl(219, 79%, 66%) |
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| HSV / HSB | hsv(219, 58%, 93%) |
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| OKLCH | oklch(67.5% 0.1414 261.3) |
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| CMYK | cmyk(57.8%, 37.1%, 0%, 7.1%) |
Contrast with white and black
WCAG 2 contrast ratios and APCA lightness contrast (Lc) for cornflower blue used as text and as a background.
Tints and shades of cornflower blue
Tints mix cornflower blue with white; shades mix it with black, in 10% steps. Click a swatch to copy it, or build custom scales in the tint & shade generator.
Tints
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Colors that go with cornflower blue
Harmonies calculated on the HSL color wheel. Explore more in the color scheme generator.
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Split-Complementary
Cornflower Blue with color blindness
Approximately how cornflower blue appears with each type of color vision deficiency. Test full designs with the color blindness simulator.
Using cornflower blue in CSS
.element {
color: cornflowerblue;
background-color: #6495ed;
border-color: rgb(100 149 237 / 50%);
outline-color: oklch(67.5% 0.1414 261.3);
}Similar named colors
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