Cornflower Blue (#6495ED)

HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK values + mood/style/use-case color tags. Use this page to keep your colors consistent across web and print.

Preview

Sample Text
This is how text may look on this color.
Best text color: #000000
Contrast vs white: 2.97:1 — vs black: 7.06:1

Color values

  • HEX #6495ED
  • RGB rgb(100, 149, 237)
  • HSL hsl(218, 57%, 92%)
  • CMYK cmyk( 57.81, 37.13, 0, 7.06 )
  • Websafe #6699FF

Tags

Tip: tags are heuristic suggestions (helpful for browsing and inspiration).

Color Harmonies

Colors that pair well with #6495ED based on color theory relationships.

Complementary

The color directly opposite on the color wheel — creates maximum contrast and vibrance.

Cornflower Blue
#6495ED Base
#EDBC64
Analogous

Colors adjacent on the wheel — naturally harmonious and pleasing to the eye.

Cornflower Blue
#6495ED Base
#64DAED
#7764ED
Triadic

Three colors equally spaced 120° apart — bold, balanced, and visually rich.

Cornflower Blue
#6495ED Base
#ED6495
#95ED64
Split-Complementary

Two colors flanking the complement — high contrast with less tension than full complementary.

Cornflower Blue
#6495ED Base
#ED7764
#DAED64
Tetradic (Square)

Four colors at 90° intervals — rich variety, best when one color dominates.

Cornflower Blue
#6495ED Base
#ED64DA
#EDBC64
#64ED77
Monochromatic

Shades and tints of the same hue — cohesive, elegant, and easy to work with.

Cornflower Blue
#6495ED Base
#1347A5
#1F66E5
#3F7CE9
#89AEF1
#A9C4F5
#E8EFFC
Shades & Tints

Darker shades and lighter tints of Cornflower Blue, generated by adjusting lightness while keeping the same hue and saturation.

Shades (darker)

#030A17
#09224F
#103A86
#1652BE
#2C6FE7
Cornflower Blue #6495ED Base
#7EA7F0
#99B9F3
#B3CBF6
#CEDDF9
#E8EFFC
CSS & SCSS Snippets

Ready-to-use code snippets for #6495ED. Click the copy button to copy any snippet to your clipboard.

CSS Properties
/* Background */
.element {
    background-color: #6495ED;
}

/* Text */
.element {
    color: #6495ED;
}

/* Border */
.element {
    border: 1px solid #6495ED;
}
CSS Gradient
/* Linear gradient to complementary */
.element {
    background: linear-gradient(
        to right,
        #6495ED,
        #F7F0E3
    );
}

/* Radial gradient */
.element {
    background: radial-gradient(
        circle,
        #6495ED,
        #F7F0E3
    );
}
SCSS Variable
// SCSS variable
$cornflower-blue: #6495ED;

// With RGB channels (useful for rgba() usage)
$cornflower-blue-r: 100;
$cornflower-blue-g: 149;
$cornflower-blue-b: 237;

// Usage
.element {
    background-color: $cornflower-blue;
    color: rgba($cornflower-blue-r, $cornflower-blue-g, $cornflower-blue-b, 0.8);
}
Color Blindness Simulation

How Cornflower Blue appears to people with different types of color vision deficiency.

Normal Vision #6495ED How the color appears with full color vision.
Deuteranopia #8989ED Deuteranopia affects ~8% of males. Green cones are absent, making it difficult to distinguish red from green. The most common form of color blindness.
Protanopia #9191ED Protanopia affects ~1% of males. Red cones are absent, causing reds to appear dark and indistinguishable from greens and browns.
Tritanopia #42A4A4 Tritanopia is rare (~0.003%). Blue cones are absent, making blue and yellow difficult to distinguish. Blues may appear green, yellows appear pink.
Achromatopsia #969696 Achromatopsia is complete color blindness. The world is seen entirely in shades of grey. Affects ~1 in 30,000 people.
Similar Named Colors

The closest named colors to Cornflower Blue ranked by perceptual difference (Delta-E 2000 — lower = more similar).

Cornflower Blue #6495ED Base
United Nations Blue #5B92E5 ΔE 1.83
Little Boy Blue #6CA0DC ΔE 3.98
Blue Gray #6699CC ΔE 4.22
Vista Blue #7C9ED9 ΔE 4.40

How to use this color

  1. Copy HEX for CSS and design tools, or RGB/HSL for UI adjustments.
  2. Use CMYK when preparing print assets (posters, packaging, brochures).
  3. Check contrast before using it for text or important UI elements.