Cornflower blue
#6495ED
Cornflower blue (#6495ED) is a light, vivid blue colour, cool. In RGB it is 100 red, 149 green and 237 blue; in HSL its hue is 219°, its saturation 79% and its lightness 66%. For print, its CMYK mix is 58% cyan, 37% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black, though printed colours vary with paper and ink.
Blue is the most-used colour in brand logos. It reads as trustworthy, calm and capable, which is why banks, tech firms and airlines choose it.
Text on cornflower blue
White text on cornflower blue has a contrast ratio of 2.97:1 and fails; black text has 7.06:1 and passes AAA. Black text is the better choice on it. Check other pairs in the contrast checker.
White text · 2.97:1
Black text · 7.06:1
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Use cornflower blue in CSS
.button {
background-color: #6495ED;
color: #000000;
}Make a full Tailwind scale from it with the Tailwind shades generator, or see more shades of blue.