#6495ED - CornflowerBlue

The hexadecimal color code #6495ED corresponds to the color "CornflowerBlue" , which is a shade of Blue. This color is a combination of red (at 0,39 level), green (at 0,58 level) and blue (at 0,93 level). Its brightness is 66% and its saturation is 79%. It is composed of red at 20%, green at 30% and blue at 48%.


Features

Hue

Saturation

Brightness

219
79
66
Official nameCornflowerBlue
Shade of Blue
Hex Code #6495ED
RGB Code rgb( 100 , 149 , 237)
RGB Code Percentagergb( 39.2% , 58.4% , 92.9% )
HSLhsl( 219 , 79% , 66% )
Complementary
Color
#9B6A12


Variations of #6495ED

Lighter Shades

Palette of gradually lightened shades. The lightest shade of #6495ED is the color #EFF4FD

CornflowerBlue

#6495ed

Darker Shades

Palette of progressively darker shades. The darkest shade is #0A0E17.

CornflowerBlue

#6495ed

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Color Palettes

The complementary color #9B6A12 is the color exactly opposite to #6495ED on the color wheel. The triadic palette is created by selecting two colors that are evenly spaced on the color wheel.

Complementary color palette

CornflowerBlue

#6495ED

Triadic palette

CornflowerBlue

#6495ED



Uses of #6495ED in CSS

When using #6495ED as the background color, consider selecting a darker text color for improved readability. If you want to use #6495ED as the text color, prefer a dark background, such as Black.
You can replace the color code #6495ED with its official name: CornflowerBlue. You can then write in CSS "background: CornflowerBlue " for a background of #6495ED.

#6495ED as background color

Black text
White text
div{ background: #6495ED;  }

div{ background: CornflowerBlue; }

Colored text

With a white background or
with a dark background
div{ color: #6495ED;  }

div{ color: CornflowerBlue; }

Border

#6495ED colored border with a width of 3px
div{ border: 3px solid #6495ED;  }

div{ border: 3px solid CornflowerBlue; }

Shadow

#6495ED shadow colored
div{ box-shadow: 3px 3px 7px #6495ED; }

div{ box-shadow: 3px 3px 7px CornflowerBlue; }

Note:
In CSS, the color code #6495ED can be replaced with its official name "".

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