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#9597EE

#9597ee ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#9597ee is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 58.43% red, 59.22% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 37.39% cyan, 36.55% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 238.65°, with 72.36% saturation and 75.88% 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 7.94:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 9.65.

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Web safe#9999ff
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Relative luminance0.347

Complementary

  1. #9597ee
  2. #eeec95

Split complementary

  1. #9597ee
  2. #eebf95
  3. #c3ee95

Analogous

  1. #95c3ee
  2. #9597ee
  3. #bf95ee

Triadic

  1. #9597ee
  2. #ee9597
  3. #97ee95

Tetradic

  1. #9597ee
  2. #ec95ee
  3. #eeec95
  4. #97ee95

Square

  1. #9597ee
  2. #ee95c3
  3. #eeec95
  4. #95eebf

Monochromatic

  1. #2024ca
  2. #5356e3
  3. #9597ee
  4. #d7d8f9
  5. #edeefc

Shades

#9597ee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9597ee
  2. #8688d6
  3. #7779be
  4. #686aa7
  5. #595b8f
  6. #4b4c77
  7. #3c3c5f
  8. #2d2d47
  9. #1e1e30
  10. #0f0f18
  11. #000000

Tints

#9597ee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9597ee
  2. #a0a1f0
  3. #aaacf1
  4. #b5b6f3
  5. #bfc1f5
  6. #cacbf7
  7. #d5d5f8
  8. #dfe0fa
  9. #eaeafc
  10. #f4f5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9597ee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9597ee
  2. #9395e3
  3. #9192d8
  4. #8f90cd
  5. #8d8ec2
  6. #8b8cb7
  7. #8889ac
  8. #8687a1
  9. #848596
  10. #82828b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.65:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.94:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9b9cc4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7ba2f1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #769cec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #7ca8b7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #869ef0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #849aed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #87a1cf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9597ee {
  color: #9597ee;
}
Background
.bg-9597ee {
  background-color: #9597ee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9597ee {
  border: 2px solid #9597ee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9597ee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 149 151 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 239 72% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9597ee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9597ee, #bf95ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9597ee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(149 151 238 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.65 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 10.05 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 11.49 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 12.08 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 12.11 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 12.35 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 12.50 #6a6811 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#9597ee  rgb(149, 151, 238)  hsl(239, 72%, 76%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#eeec95  rgb(238, 236, 149)  hsl(59, 72%, 76%)  Khaki
#ee9597  rgb(238, 149, 151)  hsl(359, 72%, 76%)  Salmon Pink
#97ee95  rgb(151, 238, 149)  hsl(119, 72%, 76%)  Light Green