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#7F8CD9 Cornflower Blue

The nearest named color to #7F8CD9 is Cornflower Blue (#6495ED).

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#7F8CD9

Cornflower Blue

What are the RGB, HSL, OKLCH and CMYK values of #7F8CD9?

HEX
#7F8CD9
RGB
rgb(127, 140, 217)
HSL
hsl(231, 54%, 67%)
OKLCH
oklch(66.2% 0.115 276)
CMYK
41, 35, 0, 15

#7F8CD9 has a contrast ratio of 3.16:1 against white and 6.66:1 against black, so black is the better background for text in this color and dark text reads best on it.

Contrast checker

Text color (rows) on background (columns), scored against WCAG 2.2. White and near-black text on this color.

WCAG contrast ratio for each text and background color combination
Text ↓ / Bg → #7F8CD9
#7F8CD9
Same color
White
3.2AA18
Near-black
5.5AA

AAA ≥ 7:1 · AA ≥ 4.5:1 body text· AA18 ≥ 3:1 large text (18pt, or 14pt bold) only

Text that works on each color

  • Near-black on #7F8CD9 · 5.5:1

Tints and shades of #7F8CD9

Same hue and chroma in OKLCH, lighter to darker.

  1. #F2F5FF
  2. #C9D3FF
  3. #A2B0FF
  4. #7F8CD9
  5. #6975C0
  6. #4F58A0
  7. #363D82
  8. #202265
  9. #0E0448

Colors that go with #7F8CD9

Six harmony rules built from this color. Open any in the Studio.

Color blindness check

About 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women see color differently. Simulated with the Machado (2009) model.

Typical
Deuteranopia

No green cones — the most common form. Cornflower Blue, #7F8CD9 and Blue Gray, #60A8D0; Wisteria, #B79EE2 and Blue Gray, #60A8D0; Wisteria, #B79EE2 and Robin Egg Blue, #40C6B3 become hard to tell apart — don't rely on color alone to separate them.

Export

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:root {
  --cornflower-blue-1: #7F8CD9; /* Cornflower Blue */
}

Palettes, gradients and meshes with #7F8CD9

Items using this color or one perceptually close to it, closest first.

Palettes (5)

Gradients (2)

Mesh gradients (6)