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#9CA2EE

#9ca2ee ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#9ca2ee is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 61.18% red, 63.53% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 34.45% cyan, 31.93% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 235.61°, with 70.69% saturation and 77.25% 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 8.82:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 7.47.

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Web safe#9999ff
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Relative luminance0.3908

Complementary

  1. #9ca2ee
  2. #eee89c

Split complementary

  1. #9ca2ee
  2. #eebf9c
  3. #cbee9c

Analogous

  1. #9ccbee
  2. #9ca2ee
  3. #bf9cee

Triadic

  1. #9ca2ee
  2. #ee9ca2
  3. #a2ee9c

Tetradic

  1. #9ca2ee
  2. #e89cee
  3. #eee89c
  4. #a2ee9c

Square

  1. #9ca2ee
  2. #ee9ccb
  3. #eee89c
  4. #9ceebf

Monochromatic

  1. #2330ce
  2. #5b65e3
  3. #9ca2ee
  4. #dddff9
  5. #eeeffc

Shades

#9ca2ee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9ca2ee
  2. #8c92d6
  3. #7d82be
  4. #6d71a7
  5. #5e618f
  6. #4e5177
  7. #3e415f
  8. #2f3147
  9. #1f2030
  10. #101018
  11. #000000

Tints

#9ca2ee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9ca2ee
  2. #a6abf0
  3. #b0b5f1
  4. #babef3
  5. #c4c7f5
  6. #ced1f7
  7. #d7daf8
  8. #e1e3fa
  9. #ebecfc
  10. #f5f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9ca2ee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9ca2ee
  2. #999fe3
  3. #969bd8
  4. #9498cd
  5. #9194c2
  6. #8e91b7
  7. #8b8eac
  8. #888aa1
  9. #868796
  10. #83838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.38:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.82:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a8a8a8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a3a6c8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8aabf1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #86a5ec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #86b0bd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #92a7f0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8fa4ed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8fabd3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9ca2ee {
  color: #9ca2ee;
}
Background
.bg-9ca2ee {
  background-color: #9ca2ee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9ca2ee {
  border: 2px solid #9ca2ee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9ca2ee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 156 162 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 236 71% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9ca2ee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9ca2ee, #bf9cee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9ca2ee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(156 162 238 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.47 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 10.81 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.93 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 11.77 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 12.23 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 12.29 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 12.34 #635d11 Inverted #a8a8a8 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#9ca2ee  rgb(156, 162, 238)  hsl(236, 71%, 77%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#eee89c  rgb(238, 232, 156)  hsl(56, 71%, 77%)  Khaki
#ee9ca2  rgb(238, 156, 162)  hsl(356, 71%, 77%)  Salmon Pink
#a2ee9c  rgb(162, 238, 156)  hsl(116, 71%, 77%)  Light Green