#6699FF

A light, vivid blue closely aligning with Cornflowerblue.

About #6699FF

At its core, #6699FF is a light and vivid hue. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Cornflowerblue. Its digital footprint relies on 102 parts red, 153 parts green, and 255 parts blue light.

For print applications, it's crucial to understand its CMYK makeup. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 60% cyan and 40% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 220.0° hue, 100.0% saturation, and 70.0% lightness.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #000000 text provides the most optimal reading experience. You can view the detailed AAA and AA pass/fail metrics in the table below.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#6699FF
RGB102, 153, 255
HSL220.0°, 100.0%, 70.0%
CMYK60%, 40%, 0%, 0%
HSV220.0°, 60.0%, 100.0%
LAB64.0, 13.2, -55.9
XYZ34.9, 32.8, 99.1
Decimal6724095

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.78:1
Text on #FFFFFF
FAIL
7.57:1
Text on #000000
AAA
2.65:1
Text on #F8FAFC
FAIL
6.43:1
Text on #0F172A
AA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #6699FF; }
.text-color { color: #6699FF; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #6699FF; }

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