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#9CA9CD

#9ca9cd ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#9ca9cd is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 61.18% red, 66.27% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 23.9% cyan, 17.56% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 224.08°, 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 8.97:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 1.44.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.3985

Complementary

  1. #9ca9cd
  2. #cdc09c

Split complementary

  1. #9ca9cd
  2. #cda79c
  3. #c1cd9c

Analogous

  1. #9cc1cd
  2. #9ca9cd
  3. #a79ccd

Triadic

  1. #9ca9cd
  2. #cd9ca9
  3. #a9cd9c

Tetradic

  1. #9ca9cd
  2. #c09ccd
  3. #cdc09c
  4. #a9cd9c

Square

  1. #9ca9cd
  2. #cd9cc1
  3. #cdc09c
  4. #9ccda7

Monochromatic

  1. #46588a
  2. #697db3
  3. #9ca9cd
  4. #cfd5e7
  5. #f1f3f8

Shades

#9ca9cd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9ca9cd
  2. #8c98b9
  3. #7d87a4
  4. #6d7690
  5. #5e657b
  6. #4e5567
  7. #3e4452
  8. #2f333e
  9. #1f2229
  10. #101115
  11. #000000

Tints

#9ca9cd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9ca9cd
  2. #a6b2d2
  3. #b0bad7
  4. #bac3dc
  5. #c4cbe1
  6. #ced4e6
  7. #d7ddeb
  8. #e1e5f0
  9. #ebeef5
  10. #f5f6fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9ca9cd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9ca9cd
  2. #99a5c5
  3. #96a1be
  4. #949db6
  5. #9199ae
  6. #8e95a7
  7. #8b909f
  8. #888c97
  9. #86888f
  10. #838488
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.34:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.97:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a9a9a9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a4a9b9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9eaccf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9aa7cc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #90b0b5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9dabce ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9ba8cc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #95adbf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9ca9cd {
  color: #9ca9cd;
}
Background
.bg-9ca9cd {
  background-color: #9ca9cd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9ca9cd {
  border: 2px solid #9ca9cd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9ca9cd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 156 169 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 224 33% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9ca9cd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9ca9cd, #a79ccd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9ca9cd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(156 169 205 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 1.44 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 7.81 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 8.46 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 11.09 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 11.34 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 12.76 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 13.58 #635632 Inverted #a9a9a9 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#9ca9cd  rgb(156, 169, 205)  hsl(224, 33%, 71%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#cdc09c  rgb(205, 192, 156)  hsl(44, 33%, 71%)  Ecru
#cd9ca9  rgb(205, 156, 169)  hsl(344, 33%, 71%)  Puce
#a9cd9c  rgb(169, 205, 156)  hsl(104, 33%, 71%)  Celadon