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#97A5F9

#97a5f9 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#97a5f9 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 59.22% red, 64.71% green and 97.65% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 39.36% cyan, 33.73% magenta, 0% yellow and 2.35% black. Its hue angle is 231.43°, with 89.09% 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 9.07:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 8.58.

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Relative luminance0.4033

Complementary

  1. #97a5f9
  2. #f9eb97

Split complementary

  1. #97a5f9
  2. #f9ba97
  3. #d6f997

Analogous

  1. #97d6f9
  2. #97a5f9
  3. #ba97f9

Triadic

  1. #97a5f9
  2. #f997a5
  3. #a5f997

Tetradic

  1. #97a5f9
  2. #eb97f9
  3. #f9eb97
  4. #a5f997

Square

  1. #97a5f9
  2. #f997d6
  3. #f9eb97
  4. #97f9ba

Monochromatic

  1. #0d2dea
  2. #4f66f5
  3. #97a5f9
  4. #dfe4fd
  5. #eceefe

Shades

#97a5f9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #97a5f9
  2. #8895e0
  3. #7984c7
  4. #6a74ae
  5. #5b6395
  6. #4c537d
  7. #3c4264
  8. #2d324b
  9. #1e2132
  10. #0f1119
  11. #000000

Tints

#97a5f9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #97a5f9
  2. #a1aefa
  3. #acb7fa
  4. #b6c0fb
  5. #c1c9fb
  6. #cbd2fc
  7. #d5dbfd
  8. #e0e4fd
  9. #eaedfe
  10. #f5f6fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#97a5f9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #97a5f9
  2. #95a1ed
  3. #929ee1
  4. #909ad5
  5. #8e96c9
  6. #8c93bd
  7. #898fb0
  8. #878ba4
  9. #858798
  10. #82848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.32:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.07:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aaaaaa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a3a8cf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #89aefc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #82a7f7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #79b6c4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8fabfb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8ba6f8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #86afdb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-97a5f9 {
  color: #97a5f9;
}
Background
.bg-97a5f9 {
  background-color: #97a5f9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-97a5f9 {
  border: 2px solid #97a5f9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #97a5f9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 151 165 249;
  --color-primary-hsl: 231 89% 78%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-97a5f9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #97a5f9, #ba97f9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-97a5f9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(151 165 249 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.58 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.29 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 10.24 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.48 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 10.98 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 12.93 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 13.85 #685a06 Inverted #aaaaaa Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#97a5f9  rgb(151, 165, 249)  hsl(231, 89%, 78%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#f9eb97  rgb(249, 235, 151)  hsl(51, 89%, 78%)  Khaki
#f997a5  rgb(249, 151, 165)  hsl(351, 89%, 78%)  Salmon Pink
#a5f997  rgb(165, 249, 151)  hsl(111, 89%, 78%)  Pale Green