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#9CA7CC

#9ca7cc ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#9ca7cc is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 61.18% red, 65.49% green and 80% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 23.53% cyan, 18.14% magenta, 0% yellow and 20% black. Its hue angle is 226.25°, with 32% 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 8.81:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 1.78.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.3906

Complementary

  1. #9ca7cc
  2. #ccc19c

Split complementary

  1. #9ca7cc
  2. #cca99c
  3. #bfcc9c

Analogous

  1. #9cbfcc
  2. #9ca7cc
  3. #a99ccc

Triadic

  1. #9ca7cc
  2. #cc9ca7
  3. #a7cc9c

Tetradic

  1. #9ca7cc
  2. #c19ccc
  3. #ccc19c
  4. #a7cc9c

Square

  1. #9ca7cc
  2. #cc9cbf
  3. #ccc19c
  4. #9ccca9

Monochromatic

  1. #465689
  2. #6a7ab2
  3. #9ca7cc
  4. #ced4e6
  5. #f2f3f8

Shades

#9ca7cc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9ca7cc
  2. #8c96b8
  3. #7d86a3
  4. #6d758f
  5. #5e647a
  6. #4e5466
  7. #3e4352
  8. #2f323d
  9. #1f2129
  10. #101114
  11. #000000

Tints

#9ca7cc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9ca7cc
  2. #a6b0d1
  3. #b0b9d6
  4. #bac1db
  5. #c4cae0
  6. #ced3e6
  7. #d7dceb
  8. #e1e5f0
  9. #ebedf5
  10. #f5f6fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9ca7cc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9ca7cc
  2. #99a3c4
  3. #969fbd
  4. #949bb5
  5. #9197ae
  6. #8e94a6
  7. #8b909e
  8. #888c97
  9. #86888f
  10. #838488
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.38:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.81:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a8a8a8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a3a7b7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9caace ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #99a6cb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #90aeb3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9ca9cd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9aa6cb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #95abbe ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9ca7cc {
  color: #9ca7cc;
}
Background
.bg-9ca7cc {
  background-color: #9ca7cc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9ca7cc {
  border: 2px solid #9ca7cc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9ca7cc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 156 167 204;
  --color-primary-hsl: 226 32% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9ca7cc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9ca7cc, #a99ccc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9ca7cc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(156 167 204 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 1.78 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 7.37 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.30 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 11.46 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 11.77 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 12.80 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 13.10 #635833 Inverted #a8a8a8 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#9ca7cc  rgb(156, 167, 204)  hsl(226, 32%, 71%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#ccc19c  rgb(204, 193, 156)  hsl(46, 32%, 71%)  Sage
#cc9ca7  rgb(204, 156, 167)  hsl(346, 32%, 71%)  Pastel Pink
#a7cc9c  rgb(167, 204, 156)  hsl(106, 32%, 71%)  Dark Sea Green