Information about Light Cornflower Blue color
Basic facts about this digital color
#93CCEA presents itself as a strongly colored sky-leaning azure — one that appears airy and pastel-like. In practice it works well for minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Anakiwa (#8CCEEA). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Cornflower (#9ACEEB) and Light Cerulean (#8BD0E7).
The recipe behind #93CCEA is rgb(147, 204, 234), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #93CCEA: 12.1:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.7:1 for white. This precise shade carries the officially registered name "Light Cornflower Blue" in the Register.
Light Cornflower Blue color variations
View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.
Light Cornflower Blue color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
Light Cornflower Blue color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
Light Cornflower Blue color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
Light Cornflower Blue color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
Light Cornflower Blue color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to Light Cornflower Blue color
View adjacent and very similar colors.
Nearest named colors to Light Cornflower Blue
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.
#8CCEEA
#9ACEEB
#8BD0E7
#89CFF0
#87CEEB
#8FD4E0
#A0CFEC
#9BC4E2
#A1CAF1
#9BBEED
#9CBFE3
#8BDCE7
Light Cornflower Blue color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#93CCEA
- RGB147, 204, 234
- CMYK34, 12, 0, 8
- CSSrgb(147, 204, 234)
- HSL201°, 67%, 75%
- HSL Precise200.69°, 67.442%, 74.706%
- HSV201°, 37%, 92%
- HSB201°, 37%, 92%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.576
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.800
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.918
- GLSLvec3(0.576, 0.800, 0.918)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.576, 0.800, 0.918, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.576, 0.800, 0.918)
- Percentage of Red in RGB57.6%
- Percentage of Green in RGB80%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB91.8%
- Color FamilyAzure
- Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX ID93CCEA
- DECIMAL ID9686250
- Name Length21
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- Counting from2025-01-01
