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#97AEFE

#97aefe ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#97aefe is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 59.22% red, 68.24% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 40.55% cyan, 31.5% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 226.6°, with 98.1% saturation and 79.41% 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 9.8:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 8.81.

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Relative luminance0.4401

Complementary

  1. #97aefe
  2. #fee797

Split complementary

  1. #97aefe
  2. #feb397
  3. #e2fe97

Analogous

  1. #97e2fe
  2. #97aefe
  3. #b397fe

Triadic

  1. #97aefe
  2. #fe97ae
  3. #aefe97

Tetradic

  1. #97aefe
  2. #e797fe
  3. #fee797
  4. #aefe97

Square

  1. #97aefe
  2. #fe97e2
  3. #fee797
  4. #97feb3

Monochromatic

  1. #023afa
  2. #4b73fd
  3. #97aefe
  4. #e3e9ff
  5. #ebefff

Shades

#97aefe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #97aefe
  2. #889de5
  3. #798bcb
  4. #6a7ab2
  5. #5b6898
  6. #4c577f
  7. #3c4666
  8. #2d344c
  9. #1e2333
  10. #0f1119
  11. #000000

Tints

#97aefe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #97aefe
  2. #a1b6fe
  3. #acbefe
  4. #b6c6fe
  5. #c1cefe
  6. #cbd7ff
  7. #d5dfff
  8. #e0e7ff
  9. #eaefff
  10. #f5f7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#97aefe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #97aefe
  2. #95a9f1
  3. #92a5e5
  4. #90a0d8
  5. #8e9ccc
  6. #8c97bf
  7. #8992b2
  8. #878ea6
  9. #858999
  10. #82858d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.14:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b1b1b1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a7b0d4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #93b6ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #89adfc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #75becb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #94b3ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8fadfd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #84b8e1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-97aefe {
  color: #97aefe;
}
Background
.bg-97aefe {
  background-color: #97aefe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-97aefe {
  border: 2px solid #97aefe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #97aefe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 151 174 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 227 98% 79%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-97aefe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #97aefe, #b397fe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-97aefe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(151 174 254 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.81 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.35 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.50 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.56 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 11.24 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 12.23 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 12.44 #685101 Inverted #b1b1b1 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#97aefe  rgb(151, 174, 254)  hsl(227, 98%, 79%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#fee797  rgb(254, 231, 151)  hsl(47, 98%, 79%)  Jasmine
#fe97ae  rgb(254, 151, 174)  hsl(347, 98%, 79%)  Salmon Pink
#aefe97  rgb(174, 254, 151)  hsl(107, 98%, 79%)  Mint Green