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#97ACE4

#97ace4 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#97ace4 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 59.22% red, 67.45% green and 89.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 33.77% cyan, 24.56% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 223.64°, with 58.78% saturation and 74.31% 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 9.34:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 5.51.

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Relative luminance0.4169

Complementary

  1. #97ace4
  2. #e4cf97

Split complementary

  1. #97ace4
  2. #e4a897
  3. #d2e497

Analogous

  1. #97d2e4
  2. #97ace4
  3. #a897e4

Triadic

  1. #97ace4
  2. #e497ac
  3. #ace497

Tetradic

  1. #97ace4
  2. #cf97e4
  3. #e4cf97
  4. #ace497

Square

  1. #97ace4
  2. #e497d2
  3. #e4cf97
  4. #97e4a8

Monochromatic

  1. #2f53b3
  2. #5a7cd4
  3. #97ace4
  4. #d4dcf4
  5. #eff2fb

Shades

#97ace4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #97ace4
  2. #889bcd
  3. #798ab6
  4. #6a78a0
  5. #5b6789
  6. #4c5672
  7. #3c455b
  8. #2d3444
  9. #1e222e
  10. #0f1117
  11. #000000

Tints

#97ace4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #97ace4
  2. #a1b4e7
  3. #acbde9
  4. #b6c5ec
  5. #c1cdef
  6. #cbd6f2
  7. #d5def4
  8. #e0e6f7
  9. #eaeefa
  10. #f5f7fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#97ace4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #97ace4
  2. #95a8da
  3. #92a3d0
  4. #909fc6
  5. #8e9abc
  6. #8c96b2
  7. #8992a8
  8. #878d9e
  9. #858994
  10. #82848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.25:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.34:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #adadad ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a5acc5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9ab0e6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #93aae3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #81b7bf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #99afe5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #95abe3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8ab3cf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-97ace4 {
  color: #97ace4;
}
Background
.bg-97ace4 {
  background-color: #97ace4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-97ace4 {
  border: 2px solid #97ace4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #97ace4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 151 172 228;
  --color-primary-hsl: 224 59% 74%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-97ace4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #97ace4, #a897e4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-97ace4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(151 172 228 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 5.51 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 8.91 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.19 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.83 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 11.23 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 11.30 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 11.69 #68531b Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#97ace4  rgb(151, 172, 228)  hsl(224, 59%, 74%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#e4cf97  rgb(228, 207, 151)  hsl(44, 59%, 74%)  Wheat
#e497ac  rgb(228, 151, 172)  hsl(344, 59%, 74%)  Flamingo Pink
#ace497  rgb(172, 228, 151)  hsl(104, 59%, 74%)  Granny Smith Apple