bluecoolCC0 survey name

Cornflower #6A79F7

Cornflower is a light, vivid cool color (#6A79F7; HSL 234° 90% 69%). Name from the public-domain xkcd color survey (CC0), where it was contributed as “cornflower”.

Use cases: Trust UI · Corporate accents

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Families: Blues · Sky Blues

Color values

FormatValue
HEX#6A79F7
RGBrgb(106, 121, 247)
HSLhsl(234, 90%, 69%)
HSVhsv(234, 57%, 97%)
OKLCHoklch(62.84% 0.187 274.6)
OKLaboklab(62.84% 0.015 -0.186)
CMYKcmyk(57.1%, 51%, 0%, 3.1%)
XYZxyz(29.5643, 23.4521, 90.9464)
CIE-LABlab(55.5, 30.4, -65.0)
CIE-LCHlch(55.5, 71.8, 295.1°)
Luminance0.235 (WCAG relative)
/* Cornflower */ --cornflower: #6a79f7; color: #6a79f7; background-color: #6a79f7;

Source: xkcd color survey name (public domain, CC0). CSS keyword: cornflower.

Collections: Pastel Blue Colors · Light Blue Shades

Shade scale

Perceptual 50–950 scale, interpolated in CIE-LAB. Step 500 is the base color. Edit in the shade generator →

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OKLCH ramp (perceptually uniform, modern CSS)

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Shades (toward black)

#606cdb #5660c0 #4c54a6 #43488c #393c74 #2f315c #262645 #1c1c2f #12111b #000000

Tints (toward white)

#7e85f8 #8f92f9 #9f9ffb #afacfc #bdbafc #cbc7fd #d8d5fe #e6e3fe #f2f1ff #ffffff

Tones (toward gray)

#717aeb #767be0 #7a7cd4 #7e7ec9 #807fbd #8280b2 #8481a7 #85839b #858490 #858585

Color harmonies

Complementary

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#6A79F7
#F7E86A
#6a79f7 #f7e86a

Analogous

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#6AC0F7
#6A79F7
#A26AF7
#6ac0f7 #6a79f7 #a26af7

Triadic

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#6A79F7
#F76A79
#79F76A
#6a79f7 #f76a79 #79f76a

Tetradic

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#6A79F7
#F76AC0
#F7E86A
#6AF7A2
#6a79f7 #f76ac0 #f7e86a #6af7a2

Square

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#6A79F7
#F76AC0
#F7E86A
#6AF7A2
#6a79f7 #f76ac0 #f7e86a #6af7a2

Split Complementary

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#6A79F7
#F7A26A
#C0F76A
#6a79f7 #f7a26a #c0f76a

Monochromatic

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#0C22DB
#3045F4
#6A79F7
#A4ADFA
#DEE1FD
#0c22db #3045f4 #6a79f7 #a4adfa #dee1fd

Accessibility & contrast

3.69
#6A79F7 on #FFFFFF
AA text ✗AA large ✓AAA text ✗UI 3:1 ✓
5.69
#6A79F7 on #000000
AA text ✓AA large ✓AAA text ✗UI 3:1 ✓

Best text on cornflower

5.69
#000000 text

WCAG 2.1: AA needs ≥4.5:1 for normal text, ≥3:1 for large text and UI components; AAA needs ≥7:1 / ≥4.5:1. Open the contrast checker →

Color blindness preview

Simulation using the Machado et al. (2009) physiological model, severity 1.0. This is an approximation of perception — not a medical assessment.

Normal vision
Protanopia (red-blind)
#338BFB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#117FF4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#0096AD

Closest named colors

Nearest matches by CIEDE2000 perceptual distance (ΔE₀₀) across the full color database.

ColorNameΔE₀₀
Soft Blue #6488EA5.82
Lavender Blue #8B88F86.45
Cornflower Blue #5170D76.53
Mediumslateblue #7B68EE6.63
Dodger Blue #3E82FC7.25
Clear Blue #247AFD7.55

Colors that go with cornflower

Top matches by hue harmony, contrast and saturation compatibility.

Dark Blue #00035B
4.9:1
Same hue family as cornflower (Δh 4°) — guaranteed harmony
Indigo #4B0082
3.5:1
Analogous hue (Δh ≈41°) — neighbors on the color wheel
Maroon #800000
3.0:1
Triadic harmony (Δh ≈126°) — balanced three-way contrast
Pale Lime #BEFD73
3.1:1
Split-complementary angle (Δh ≈146°) — strong but softer than direct complement
Gold #FFD700
2.6:1
Complementary hue (Δh ≈177°) — maximum hue contrast

Values computed from the sRGB color model. CMYK is the naive sRGB conversion without an ICC profile. RGB percentages may differ between color-managed applications.