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#9BA2CD

#9ba2cd ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#9ba2cd is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 60.78% red, 63.53% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 24.39% cyan, 20.98% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 231.6°, with 33.33% saturation and 70.59% 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 8.44:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 3.83.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.3722

Complementary

  1. #9ba2cd
  2. #cdc69b

Split complementary

  1. #9ba2cd
  2. #cdad9b
  3. #bbcd9b

Analogous

  1. #9bbbcd
  2. #9ba2cd
  3. #ad9bcd

Triadic

  1. #9ba2cd
  2. #cd9ba2
  3. #a2cd9b

Tetradic

  1. #9ba2cd
  2. #c69bcd
  3. #cdc69b
  4. #a2cd9b

Square

  1. #9ba2cd
  2. #cd9bbb
  3. #cdc69b
  4. #9bcdad

Monochromatic

  1. #454f8a
  2. #6873b3
  3. #9ba2cd
  4. #ced1e7
  5. #f1f2f8

Shades

#9ba2cd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9ba2cd
  2. #8c92b9
  3. #7c82a4
  4. #6d7190
  5. #5d617b
  6. #4e5167
  7. #3e4152
  8. #2f313e
  9. #1f2029
  10. #101015
  11. #000000

Tints

#9ba2cd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9ba2cd
  2. #a5abd2
  3. #afb5d7
  4. #b9bedc
  5. #c3c7e1
  6. #cdd1e6
  7. #d7daeb
  8. #e1e3f0
  9. #ebecf5
  10. #f5f6fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9ba2cd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9ba2cd
  2. #989fc5
  3. #969bbe
  4. #9398b6
  5. #9094ae
  6. #8e91a7
  7. #8b8e9f
  8. #888a97
  9. #85878f
  10. #838388
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.49:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.44:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a4a4a4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a1a3b6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #96a6cf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #93a2cc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #8faab0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #98a5ce ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #96a2cc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #94a7bd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9ba2cd {
  color: #9ba2cd;
}
Background
.bg-9ba2cd {
  background-color: #9ba2cd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9ba2cd {
  border: 2px solid #9ba2cd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9ba2cd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 155 162 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 232 33% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9ba2cd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9ba2cd, #ad9bcd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9ba2cd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(155 162 205 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 3.83 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 7.28 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 11.37 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 11.85 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 11.92 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 12.52 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 12.67 #645d32 Inverted #a4a4a4 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#9ba2cd  rgb(155, 162, 205)  hsl(232, 33%, 71%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#cdc69b  rgb(205, 198, 155)  hsl(52, 33%, 71%)  Sage
#cd9ba2  rgb(205, 155, 162)  hsl(352, 33%, 71%)  Pastel Pink
#a2cd9b  rgb(162, 205, 155)  hsl(112, 33%, 71%)  Dark Sea Green