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#979FCA

#979fca ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#979fca is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 59.22% red, 62.35% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.25% cyan, 21.29% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 230.59°, with 32.48% saturation and 69.22% 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 8.13:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 4.48.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.3564

Complementary

  1. #979fca
  2. #cac297

Split complementary

  1. #979fca
  2. #caa997
  3. #b9ca97

Analogous

  1. #97b9ca
  2. #979fca
  3. #a997ca

Triadic

  1. #979fca
  2. #ca979f
  3. #9fca97

Tetradic

  1. #979fca
  2. #c297ca
  3. #cac297
  4. #9fca97

Square

  1. #979fca
  2. #ca97b9
  3. #cac297
  4. #97caa9

Monochromatic

  1. #444e84
  2. #6470b0
  3. #979fca
  4. #cacee4
  5. #f1f3f8

Shades

#979fca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #979fca
  2. #888fb6
  3. #797fa2
  4. #6a6f8d
  5. #5b5f79
  6. #4c5065
  7. #3c4051
  8. #2d303d
  9. #1e2028
  10. #0f1014
  11. #000000

Tints

#979fca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #979fca
  2. #a1a9cf
  3. #acb2d5
  4. #b6bcda
  5. #c1c5df
  6. #cbcfe5
  7. #d5d9ea
  8. #e0e2ef
  9. #eaecf4
  10. #f5f5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#979fca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #979fca
  2. #959cc3
  3. #9299bb
  4. #9096b4
  5. #8e93ac
  6. #8c90a5
  7. #898c9e
  8. #878996
  9. #85868f
  10. #828387
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.58:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.13:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9da0b3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #93a3cc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #909fc9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #8ba7ae ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #95a1cb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #939fc9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #90a4ba ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-979fca {
  color: #979fca;
}
Background
.bg-979fca {
  background-color: #979fca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-979fca {
  border: 2px solid #979fca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #979fca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 151 159 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 231 32% 69%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-979fca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #979fca, #a997ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-979fca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(151 159 202 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 4.48 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 6.61 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 11.93 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 12.21 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 12.59 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 12.62 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 12.67 #686035 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#979fca  rgb(151, 159, 202)  hsl(231, 32%, 69%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#cac297  rgb(202, 194, 151)  hsl(51, 32%, 69%)  Sage
#ca979f  rgb(202, 151, 159)  hsl(351, 32%, 69%)  Rosy Brown
#9fca97  rgb(159, 202, 151)  hsl(111, 32%, 69%)  Dark Sea Green