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#97ADE5

#97ade5 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#97ade5 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 59.22% red, 67.84% green and 89.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 34.06% cyan, 24.45% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.2% black. Its hue angle is 223.08°, with 60% saturation and 74.51% 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 9.42:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 5.66.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.4212

Complementary

  1. #97ade5
  2. #e5cf97

Split complementary

  1. #97ade5
  2. #e5a897
  3. #d4e597

Analogous

  1. #97d4e5
  2. #97ade5
  3. #a897e5

Triadic

  1. #97ade5
  2. #e597ad
  3. #ade597

Tetradic

  1. #97ade5
  2. #cf97e5
  3. #e5cf97
  4. #ade597

Square

  1. #97ade5
  2. #e597d4
  3. #e5cf97
  4. #97e5a8

Monochromatic

  1. #2d54b6
  2. #5a7dd6
  3. #97ade5
  4. #d4ddf4
  5. #eff2fb

Shades

#97ade5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #97ade5
  2. #889cce
  3. #798ab7
  4. #6a79a0
  5. #5b6889
  6. #4c5773
  7. #3c455c
  8. #2d3445
  9. #1e232e
  10. #0f1117
  11. #000000

Tints

#97ade5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #97ade5
  2. #a1b5e8
  3. #acbdea
  4. #b6c6ed
  5. #c1ceef
  6. #cbd6f2
  7. #d5def5
  8. #e0e6f7
  9. #eaeffa
  10. #f5f7fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#97ade5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #97ade5
  2. #95a9db
  3. #92a4d1
  4. #90a0c7
  5. #8e9bbd
  6. #8c97b3
  7. #8992a8
  8. #878e9e
  9. #858994
  10. #82858a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.23:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.42:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aeaeae ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a5adc6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9bb1e7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #94abe4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #80b8c0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #99b0e7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #95ace4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8ab4d0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-97ade5 {
  color: #97ade5;
}
Background
.bg-97ade5 {
  background-color: #97ade5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-97ade5 {
  border: 2px solid #97ade5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #97ade5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 151 173 229;
  --color-primary-hsl: 223 60% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-97ade5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #97ade5, #a897e5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-97ade5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(151 173 229 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 5.66 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 8.73 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.04 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.82 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 11.23 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 11.27 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 11.94 #68521a Inverted #aeaeae Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#97ade5  rgb(151, 173, 229)  hsl(223, 60%, 75%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#e5cf97  rgb(229, 207, 151)  hsl(43, 60%, 75%)  Wheat
#e597ad  rgb(229, 151, 173)  hsl(343, 60%, 75%)  Flamingo Pink
#ade597  rgb(173, 229, 151)  hsl(103, 60%, 75%)  Granny Smith Apple