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#989AED

#989aed ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#989aed is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 59.61% red, 60.39% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 35.86% cyan, 35.02% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 238.59°, with 70.25% saturation and 76.27% 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 8.18:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 8.9.

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Web safe#9999ff
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Relative luminance0.359

Complementary

  1. #989aed
  2. #edeb98

Split complementary

  1. #989aed
  2. #edc098
  3. #c4ed98

Analogous

  1. #98c4ed
  2. #989aed
  3. #c098ed

Triadic

  1. #989aed
  2. #ed989a
  3. #9aed98

Tetradic

  1. #989aed
  2. #eb98ed
  3. #edeb98
  4. #9aed98

Square

  1. #989aed
  2. #ed98c4
  3. #edeb98
  4. #98edc0

Monochromatic

  1. #2327c9
  2. #575ae2
  3. #989aed
  4. #d9daf8
  5. #eeeefc

Shades

#989aed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #989aed
  2. #898bd5
  3. #7a7bbe
  4. #6a6ca6
  5. #5b5c8e
  6. #4c4d77
  7. #3d3e5f
  8. #2e2e47
  9. #1e1f2f
  10. #0f0f18
  11. #000000

Tints

#989aed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #989aed
  2. #a2a4ef
  3. #adaef1
  4. #b7b8f2
  5. #c1c2f4
  6. #cccdf6
  7. #d6d7f8
  8. #e0e1fa
  9. #eaebfb
  10. #f5f5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#989aed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #989aed
  2. #9697e2
  3. #9395d7
  4. #9192cc
  5. #8e90c1
  6. #8c8db7
  7. #8a8aac
  8. #8788a1
  9. #858596
  10. #82838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.57:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.18:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9e9fc4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #80a5f0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7c9feb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #81aab9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8aa0ef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #889dec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8ba4d0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-989aed {
  color: #989aed;
}
Background
.bg-989aed {
  background-color: #989aed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-989aed {
  border: 2px solid #989aed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #989aed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 152 154 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 239 70% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-989aed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #989aed, #c098ed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-989aed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(152 154 237 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.90 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 10.48 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 11.95 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 12.15 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 12.20 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 12.45 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 12.66 #676512 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#989aed  rgb(152, 154, 237)  hsl(239, 70%, 76%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#edeb98  rgb(237, 235, 152)  hsl(59, 70%, 76%)  Khaki
#ed989a  rgb(237, 152, 154)  hsl(359, 70%, 76%)  Pastel Pink
#9aed98  rgb(154, 237, 152)  hsl(119, 70%, 76%)  Light Green