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#969FC4

#969fc4 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#969fc4 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 58.82% red, 62.35% green and 76.86% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 23.47% cyan, 18.88% magenta, 0% yellow and 23.14% black. Its hue angle is 228.26°, with 28.05% saturation and 67.84% 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 8.05:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 4.1.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.3527

Complementary

  1. #969fc4
  2. #c4bb96

Split complementary

  1. #969fc4
  2. #c4a496
  3. #b6c496

Analogous

  1. #96b6c4
  2. #969fc4
  3. #a496c4

Triadic

  1. #969fc4
  2. #c4969f
  3. #9fc496

Tetradic

  1. #969fc4
  2. #bb96c4
  3. #c4bb96
  4. #9fc496

Square

  1. #969fc4
  2. #c496b6
  3. #c4bb96
  4. #96c4a4

Monochromatic

  1. #45507c
  2. #6572a8
  3. #969fc4
  4. #c7cce0
  5. #f2f3f8

Shades

#969fc4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #969fc4
  2. #878fb0
  3. #787f9d
  4. #696f89
  5. #5a5f76
  6. #4b5062
  7. #3c404e
  8. #2d303b
  9. #1e2027
  10. #0f1014
  11. #000000

Tints

#969fc4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #969fc4
  2. #a1a9ca
  3. #abb2d0
  4. #b6bcd6
  5. #c0c5dc
  6. #cbcfe2
  7. #d5d9e7
  8. #e0e2ed
  9. #eaecf3
  10. #f5f5f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#969fc4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #969fc4
  2. #949cbd
  3. #9299b6
  4. #8f96b0
  5. #8d93a9
  6. #8b90a2
  7. #898c9b
  8. #878994
  9. #84868e
  10. #828387
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.05:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9ca0b0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #94a2c6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #919fc3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #8ba6ab ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #95a1c5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #939fc3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8fa3b6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-969fc4 {
  color: #969fc4;
}
Background
.bg-969fc4 {
  background-color: #969fc4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-969fc4 {
  border: 2px solid #969fc4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #969fc4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 150 159 196;
  --color-primary-hsl: 228 28% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-969fc4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #969fc4, #a496c4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-969fc4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(150 159 196 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 4.10 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 5.40 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 11.51 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 12.10 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 12.19 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 12.36 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 12.41 #69603b Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#969fc4  rgb(150, 159, 196)  hsl(228, 28%, 68%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#c4bb96  rgb(196, 187, 150)  hsl(48, 28%, 68%)  Sage
#c4969f  rgb(196, 150, 159)  hsl(348, 28%, 68%)  Rosy Brown
#9fc496  rgb(159, 196, 150)  hsl(108, 28%, 68%)  Dark Sea Green