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#9AAEDD

#9aaedd ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#9aaedd is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 60.39% red, 68.24% green and 86.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 30.32% cyan, 21.27% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 222.09°, with 49.63% saturation and 73.53% 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 9.47:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 3.98.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.4236

Complementary

  1. #9aaedd
  2. #ddc99a

Split complementary

  1. #9aaedd
  2. #dda89a
  3. #d0dd9a

Analogous

  1. #9ad0dd
  2. #9aaedd
  3. #a89add

Triadic

  1. #9aaedd
  2. #dd9aae
  3. #aedd9a

Tetradic

  1. #9aaedd
  2. #c99add
  3. #ddc99a
  4. #aedd9a

Square

  1. #9aaedd
  2. #dd9ad0
  3. #ddc99a
  4. #9adda8

Monochromatic

  1. #3859a6
  2. #6180ca
  3. #9aaedd
  4. #d3dcf0
  5. #f0f3fa

Shades

#9aaedd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9aaedd
  2. #8b9dc7
  3. #7b8bb1
  4. #6c7a9b
  5. #5c6885
  6. #4d576f
  7. #3e4658
  8. #2e3442
  9. #1f232c
  10. #0f1116
  11. #000000

Tints

#9aaedd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9aaedd
  2. #a4b6e0
  3. #aebee4
  4. #b8c6e7
  5. #c2ceeb
  6. #cdd7ee
  7. #d7dff1
  8. #e1e7f5
  9. #ebeff8
  10. #f5f7fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9aaedd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9aaedd
  2. #97a9d4
  3. #95a5ca
  4. #92a0c1
  5. #909cb8
  6. #8d97af
  7. #8a92a5
  8. #888e9c
  9. #858993
  10. #838589
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.22:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.47:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aeaeae ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a6aec3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9fb1df ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #99abdc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #87b7be ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9db0de ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #99acdc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8fb4cb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9aaedd {
  color: #9aaedd;
}
Background
.bg-9aaedd {
  background-color: #9aaedd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9aaedd {
  border: 2px solid #9aaedd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9aaedd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 154 174 221;
  --color-primary-hsl: 222 50% 74%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9aaedd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9aaedd, #a89add);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9aaedd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(154 174 221 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 3.98 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.93 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.46 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 10.67 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 10.78 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 10.82 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 12.11 #655122 Inverted #aeaeae Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#9aaedd  rgb(154, 174, 221)  hsl(222, 50%, 74%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#ddc99a  rgb(221, 201, 154)  hsl(42, 50%, 74%)  Wheat
#dd9aae  rgb(221, 154, 174)  hsl(342, 50%, 74%)  Puce
#aedd9a  rgb(174, 221, 154)  hsl(102, 50%, 74%)  Granny Smith Apple