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#9897FF

#9897ff ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#9897ff is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 59.61% red, 59.22% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 40.39% cyan, 40.78% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 240.58°, with 100% saturation and 79.61% 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 8.21:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 10.41.

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Web safe#9999ff
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Relative luminance0.3603

Complementary

  1. #9897ff
  2. #feff97

Split complementary

  1. #9897ff
  2. #ffcc97
  3. #caff97

Analogous

  1. #97caff
  2. #9897ff
  3. #cc97ff

Triadic

  1. #9897ff
  2. #ff9897
  3. #97ff98

Tetradic

  1. #9897ff
  2. #ff97fe
  3. #feff97
  4. #97ff98

Square

  1. #9897ff
  2. #ff97ca
  3. #feff97
  4. #97ffcc

Monochromatic

  1. #0200fd
  2. #4c4bff
  3. #9897ff
  4. #e4e4ff
  5. #ebebff

Shades

#9897ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9897ff
  2. #8988e6
  3. #7a79cc
  4. #6a6ab3
  5. #5b5b99
  6. #4c4c80
  7. #3d3c66
  8. #2e2d4d
  9. #1e1e33
  10. #0f0f1a
  11. #000000

Tints

#9897ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9897ff
  2. #a2a1ff
  3. #adacff
  4. #b7b6ff
  5. #c1c1ff
  6. #cccbff
  7. #d6d5ff
  8. #e0e0ff
  9. #eaeaff
  10. #f5f5ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9897ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9897ff
  2. #9695f2
  3. #9392e6
  4. #9190d9
  5. #8e8ecc
  6. #8c8cc0
  7. #8a89b3
  8. #8787a6
  9. #858599
  10. #82828d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.56:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.21:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9e9ece ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #72a5ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6d9efd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #79acbf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #83a0ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #819bfe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #87a4db ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9897ff {
  color: #9897ff;
}
Background
.bg-9897ff {
  background-color: #9897ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9897ff {
  border: 2px solid #9897ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9897ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 152 151 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 241 100% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9897ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9897ff, #cc97ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9897ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(152 151 255 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 10.41 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 11.02 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 11.98 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 12.34 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 12.36 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 12.75 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 13.00 #676800 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#9897ff  rgb(152, 151, 255)  hsl(241, 100%, 80%)  Cornflower Blue
#feff97  rgb(254, 255, 151)  hsl(61, 100%, 80%)  Pastel Yellow
#ff9897  rgb(255, 152, 151)  hsl(1, 100%, 80%)  Light Coral
#97ff98  rgb(151, 255, 152)  hsl(121, 100%, 80%)  Mint Green