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#96ABFA

#96abfa ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#96abfa is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 58.82% red, 67.06% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 40% cyan, 31.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 227.4°, with 90.91% saturation and 78.43% 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 9.5:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 8.46.

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Relative luminance0.4251

Complementary

  1. #96abfa
  2. #fae596

Split complementary

  1. #96abfa
  2. #fab396
  3. #ddfa96

Analogous

  1. #96ddfa
  2. #96abfa
  3. #b396fa

Triadic

  1. #96abfa
  2. #fa96ab
  3. #abfa96

Tetradic

  1. #96abfa
  2. #e596fa
  3. #fae596
  4. #abfa96

Square

  1. #96abfa
  2. #fa96dd
  3. #fae596
  4. #96fab3

Monochromatic

  1. #0b3aec
  2. #4d71f7
  3. #96abfa
  4. #dfe5fd
  5. #eceffe

Shades

#96abfa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #96abfa
  2. #879ae1
  3. #7889c8
  4. #6978af
  5. #5a6796
  6. #4b567d
  7. #3c4464
  8. #2d334b
  9. #1e2232
  10. #0f1119
  11. #000000

Tints

#96abfa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #96abfa
  2. #a1b3fb
  3. #abbcfb
  4. #b6c4fc
  5. #c0cdfc
  6. #cbd5fd
  7. #d5ddfd
  8. #e0e6fe
  9. #eaeefe
  10. #f5f7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#96abfa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #96abfa
  2. #94a7ee
  3. #92a2e2
  4. #8f9ed5
  5. #8d9ac9
  6. #8b96bd
  7. #8991b1
  8. #878da5
  9. #848998
  10. #82848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.21:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.5:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aeaeae ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a5add1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #90b3fd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #88abf8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #76bbc7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #92b0fc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8eabf9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #84b5dd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-96abfa {
  color: #96abfa;
}
Background
.bg-96abfa {
  background-color: #96abfa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-96abfa {
  border: 2px solid #96abfa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #96abfa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 150 171 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 227 91% 78%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-96abfa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #96abfa, #b396fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-96abfa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(150 171 250 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.46 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.20 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.46 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.67 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 10.88 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 12.42 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 13.03 #695405 Inverted #aeaeae Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#96abfa  rgb(150, 171, 250)  hsl(227, 91%, 78%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#fae596  rgb(250, 229, 150)  hsl(47, 91%, 78%)  Buff
#fa96ab  rgb(250, 150, 171)  hsl(347, 91%, 78%)  Salmon Pink
#abfa96  rgb(171, 250, 150)  hsl(107, 91%, 78%)  Pale Green