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#9CA7CD

#9ca7cd ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#9ca7cd 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 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 23.9% cyan, 18.54% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 226.53°, with 32.89% saturation and 70.78% 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 8.82:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 1.87.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.3911

Complementary

  1. #9ca7cd
  2. #cdc29c

Split complementary

  1. #9ca7cd
  2. #cda99c
  3. #bfcd9c

Analogous

  1. #9cbfcd
  2. #9ca7cd
  3. #a99ccd

Triadic

  1. #9ca7cd
  2. #cd9ca7
  3. #a7cd9c

Tetradic

  1. #9ca7cd
  2. #c29ccd
  3. #cdc29c
  4. #a7cd9c

Square

  1. #9ca7cd
  2. #cd9cbf
  3. #cdc29c
  4. #9ccda9

Monochromatic

  1. #46558a
  2. #697ab3
  3. #9ca7cd
  4. #cfd4e7
  5. #f1f3f8

Shades

#9ca7cd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9ca7cd
  2. #8c96b9
  3. #7d86a4
  4. #6d7590
  5. #5e647b
  6. #4e5467
  7. #3e4352
  8. #2f323e
  9. #1f2129
  10. #101115
  11. #000000

Tints

#9ca7cd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9ca7cd
  2. #a6b0d2
  3. #b0b9d7
  4. #bac1dc
  5. #c4cae1
  6. #ced3e6
  7. #d7dceb
  8. #e1e5f0
  9. #ebedf5
  10. #f5f6fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9ca7cd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9ca7cd
  2. #99a3c5
  3. #969fbe
  4. #949bb6
  5. #9197ae
  6. #8e94a7
  7. #8b909f
  8. #888c97
  9. #86888f
  10. #838488
  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 #a3a8b8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9caacf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #98a6cc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #90aeb4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9ca9ce ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9aa6cc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #95abbe ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9ca7cd {
  color: #9ca7cd;
}
Background
.bg-9ca7cd {
  background-color: #9ca7cd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9ca7cd {
  border: 2px solid #9ca7cd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9ca7cd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 156 167 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 227 33% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9ca7cd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9ca7cd, #a99ccd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9ca7cd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(156 167 205 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 1.87 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 7.51 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.39 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 11.36 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 11.78 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 12.83 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 13.00 #635832 Inverted #a8a8a8 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#9ca7cd  rgb(156, 167, 205)  hsl(227, 33%, 71%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#cdc29c  rgb(205, 194, 156)  hsl(47, 33%, 71%)  Sage
#cd9ca7  rgb(205, 156, 167)  hsl(347, 33%, 71%)  Pastel Pink
#a7cd9c  rgb(167, 205, 156)  hsl(107, 33%, 71%)  Celadon