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#97AFF4

#97aff4 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#97aff4 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 59.22% red, 68.63% green and 95.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 38.11% cyan, 28.28% magenta, 0% yellow and 4.31% black. Its hue angle is 224.52°, with 80.87% saturation and 77.45% 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 9.75:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 7.67.

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Relative luminance0.4377

Complementary

  1. #97aff4
  2. #f4dc97

Split complementary

  1. #97aff4
  2. #f4ae97
  3. #ddf497

Analogous

  1. #97ddf4
  2. #97aff4
  3. #ae97f4

Triadic

  1. #97aff4
  2. #f497af
  3. #aff497

Tetradic

  1. #97aff4
  2. #dc97f4
  3. #f4dc97
  4. #aff497

Square

  1. #97aff4
  2. #f497dd
  3. #f4dc97
  4. #97f4ae

Monochromatic

  1. #174adb
  2. #527aed
  3. #97aff4
  4. #dce4fb
  5. #edf1fd

Shades

#97aff4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #97aff4
  2. #889edc
  3. #798cc3
  4. #6a7bab
  5. #5b6992
  6. #4c587a
  7. #3c4662
  8. #2d3549
  9. #1e2331
  10. #0f1218
  11. #000000

Tints

#97aff4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #97aff4
  2. #a1b7f5
  3. #acbff6
  4. #b6c7f7
  5. #c1cff8
  6. #cbd7fa
  7. #d5dffb
  8. #e0e7fc
  9. #eaeffd
  10. #f5f7fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#97aff4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #97aff4
  2. #95aae8
  3. #92a6dd
  4. #90a1d1
  5. #8e9cc6
  6. #8c98ba
  7. #8993ae
  8. #878ea3
  9. #858997
  10. #82858c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.15:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.75:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b1b1b1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a7b0cf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #98b5f7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8fadf2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #7abdc7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #97b3f6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #93aef3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #86b8db ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-97aff4 {
  color: #97aff4;
}
Background
.bg-97aff4 {
  background-color: #97aff4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-97aff4 {
  border: 2px solid #97aff4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #97aff4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 151 175 244;
  --color-primary-hsl: 225 81% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-97aff4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #97aff4, #ae97f4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-97aff4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(151 175 244 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.67 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 8.95 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.16 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.63 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 11.21 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 11.67 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 12.07 #68500b Inverted #b1b1b1 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#97aff4  rgb(151, 175, 244)  hsl(225, 81%, 77%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#f4dc97  rgb(244, 220, 151)  hsl(45, 81%, 77%)  Vanilla
#f497af  rgb(244, 151, 175)  hsl(345, 81%, 77%)  Flamingo Pink
#aff497  rgb(175, 244, 151)  hsl(105, 81%, 77%)  Pale Green