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#9A99CD

#9a99cd ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#9a99cd is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 60.39% red, 60% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 24.88% cyan, 25.37% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 241.15°, with 34.21% saturation and 70.2% 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 7.81:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 7.13.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.3406

Complementary

  1. #9a99cd
  2. #cccd99

Split complementary

  1. #9a99cd
  2. #cdb499
  3. #b2cd99

Analogous

  1. #99b2cd
  2. #9a99cd
  3. #b499cd

Triadic

  1. #9a99cd
  2. #cd9a99
  3. #99cd9a

Tetradic

  1. #9a99cd
  2. #cd99cc
  3. #cccd99
  4. #99cd9a

Square

  1. #9a99cd
  2. #cd99b2
  3. #cccd99
  4. #99cdb4

Monochromatic

  1. #45438a
  2. #6766b4
  3. #9a99cd
  4. #cdcce6
  5. #f1f1f8

Shades

#9a99cd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9a99cd
  2. #8b8ab9
  3. #7b7aa4
  4. #6c6b90
  5. #5c5c7b
  6. #4d4d67
  7. #3e3d52
  8. #2e2e3e
  9. #1f1f29
  10. #0f0f15
  11. #000000

Tints

#9a99cd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9a99cd
  2. #a4a3d2
  3. #aeadd7
  4. #b8b8dc
  5. #c2c2e1
  6. #cdcce6
  7. #d7d6eb
  8. #e1e0f0
  9. #ebebf5
  10. #f5f5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9a99cd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9a99cd
  2. #9797c5
  3. #9594be
  4. #9292b6
  5. #908fae
  6. #8d8da7
  7. #8a8a9f
  8. #888897
  9. #85858f
  10. #838388
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.69:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.81:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9c9cb3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8b9fcf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8a9ccc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #8ea2ab ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #919dce ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #919bcc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #939eba ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9a99cd {
  color: #9a99cd;
}
Background
.bg-9a99cd {
  background-color: #9a99cd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9a99cd {
  border: 2px solid #9a99cd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9a99cd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 154 153 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 241 34% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9a99cd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9a99cd, #b499cd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9a99cd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(154 153 205 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.13 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 8.03 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 11.04 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 11.25 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 11.56 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 12.32 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 12.51 #656632 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#9a99cd  rgb(154, 153, 205)  hsl(241, 34%, 70%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#cccd99  rgb(204, 205, 153)  hsl(61, 34%, 70%)  Sage
#cd9a99  rgb(205, 154, 153)  hsl(1, 34%, 70%)  Pastel Pink
#99cd9a  rgb(153, 205, 154)  hsl(121, 34%, 70%)  Dark Sea Green