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#949DEE

#949dee ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#949dee is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 58.04% red, 61.57% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 37.82% cyan, 34.03% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 234°, with 72.58% saturation and 75.69% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.32:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 8.59.

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Web safe#9999ff
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Relative luminance0.3658

Complementary

  1. #949dee
  2. #eee594

Split complementary

  1. #949dee
  2. #eeb894
  3. #caee94

Analogous

  1. #94caee
  2. #949dee
  3. #b894ee

Triadic

  1. #949dee
  2. #ee949d
  3. #9dee94

Tetradic

  1. #949dee
  2. #e594ee
  3. #eee594
  4. #9dee94

Square

  1. #949dee
  2. #ee94ca
  3. #eee594
  4. #94eeb8

Monochromatic

  1. #2031c9
  2. #5261e4
  3. #949dee
  4. #d6d9f8
  5. #edeffc

Shades

#949dee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #949dee
  2. #858dd6
  3. #767ebe
  4. #686ea7
  5. #595e8f
  6. #4a4f77
  7. #3b3f5f
  8. #2c2f47
  9. #1e1f30
  10. #0f1018
  11. #000000

Tints

#949dee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #949dee
  2. #9fa7f0
  3. #a9b1f1
  4. #b4baf3
  5. #bfc4f5
  6. #cacef7
  7. #d4d8f8
  8. #dfe2fa
  9. #eaebfc
  10. #f4f5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#949dee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #949dee
  2. #929ae3
  3. #9097d8
  4. #8e94cd
  5. #8c91c2
  6. #8a8fb7
  7. #888cac
  8. #8689a1
  9. #848696
  10. #82838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.53:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.32:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9da1c5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #82a6f1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7da0ec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #7aadbb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8aa3f0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #879fed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #85a7d1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-949dee {
  color: #949dee;
}
Background
.bg-949dee {
  background-color: #949dee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-949dee {
  border: 2px solid #949dee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #949dee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 148 157 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 234 73% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-949dee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #949dee, #b894ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-949dee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(148 157 238 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.59 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.20 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 10.72 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 10.88 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 11.92 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 12.31 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 12.87 #6b6211 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#949dee  rgb(148, 157, 238)  hsl(234, 73%, 76%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#eee594  rgb(238, 229, 148)  hsl(54, 73%, 76%)  Khaki
#ee949d  rgb(238, 148, 157)  hsl(354, 73%, 76%)  Salmon Pink
#9dee94  rgb(157, 238, 148)  hsl(114, 73%, 76%)  Light Green