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#949FE3

#949fe3 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#949fe3 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 58.04% red, 62.35% green and 89.02% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 34.8% cyan, 29.96% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.98% black. Its hue angle is 231.65°, with 58.52% saturation and 73.53% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.33:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 7.13.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.3664

Complementary

  1. #949fe3
  2. #e3d894

Split complementary

  1. #949fe3
  2. #e3b194
  3. #c6e394

Analogous

  1. #94c6e3
  2. #949fe3
  3. #b194e3

Triadic

  1. #949fe3
  2. #e3949f
  3. #9fe394

Tetradic

  1. #949fe3
  2. #d894e3
  3. #e3d894
  4. #9fe394

Square

  1. #949fe3
  2. #e394c6
  3. #e3d894
  4. #94e3b1

Monochromatic

  1. #2e40b0
  2. #5769d3
  3. #949fe3
  4. #d1d5f3
  5. #eff0fb

Shades

#949fe3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #949fe3
  2. #858fcc
  3. #767fb6
  4. #686f9f
  5. #595f88
  6. #4a5072
  7. #3b405b
  8. #2c3044
  9. #1e202d
  10. #0f1017
  11. #000000

Tints

#949fe3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #949fe3
  2. #9fa9e6
  3. #a9b2e9
  4. #b4bceb
  5. #bfc5ee
  6. #cacff1
  7. #d4d9f4
  8. #dfe2f7
  9. #eaecf9
  10. #f4f5fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#949fe3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #949fe3
  2. #929cd9
  3. #9099cf
  4. #8e96c5
  5. #8c93bb
  6. #8a90b2
  7. #888ca8
  8. #86899e
  9. #848694
  10. #82838a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.52:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.33:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9da1c0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8aa6e6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #84a0e1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #7eacb7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8ea3e5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8ba0e2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #87a7ca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-949fe3 {
  color: #949fe3;
}
Background
.bg-949fe3 {
  background-color: #949fe3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-949fe3 {
  border: 2px solid #949fe3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #949fe3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 148 159 227;
  --color-primary-hsl: 232 59% 74%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-949fe3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #949fe3, #b194e3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-949fe3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(148 159 227 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.13 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.53 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 10.78 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 10.88 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 10.91 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 11.69 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 12.71 #6b601c Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#949fe3  rgb(148, 159, 227)  hsl(232, 59%, 74%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#e3d894  rgb(227, 216, 148)  hsl(52, 59%, 74%)  Pale Goldenrod
#e3949f  rgb(227, 148, 159)  hsl(352, 59%, 74%)  Salmon Pink
#9fe394  rgb(159, 227, 148)  hsl(112, 59%, 74%)  Granny Smith Apple