HEX Color #75AFFF (Cornflowerblue)

About #75AFFF

At its core, #75AFFF is a light and vivid hue. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Cornflowerblue. Its digital footprint relies on 117 parts red, 175 parts green, and 255 parts blue light.

For print applications, it's crucial to understand its CMYK makeup. Its ink density profile breaks down to 54% cyan, 31% magenta, 0% yellow, and 0% black. This makes it a relatively light color when applied to physical surfaces.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. The calculated luminance score dictates that #000000 typography is the safest choice. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#75AFFF

RGB117, 175, 255

HSL214.8°, 100.0%, 72.9%

CMYK54%, 31%, 0%, 0%

HSV214.8°, 54.1%, 100.0%

LAB70.6, 3.5, -45.4

XYZ40.7, 41.7, 100.5

Decimal7712767

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#75AFFF #FFC474

Analogous

#74F4FF #7F74FF

Triadic

#FF74AE #AFFF74

Tetradic

#FF74F4 #FFC474 #74FF7F

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#75AFFF

#84B7FF

#93C0FF

#A3C9FF

#B2D2FF

#C1DBFF

#D1E4FF

#E0EDFF

#EFF6FF

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#75AFFF

#689BE2

#5B88C6

#4E74AA

#41618D

#344D71

#273A55

#1A2638

#0D131C

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.25:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

9.33:1

Text on #000000

AAA

2.15:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

7.93:1

Text on #0F172A

AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #75AFFF; }

.text-color { color: #75AFFF; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #75AFFF; }

Similar Colors

Cornflowerblue

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