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#9CAABC

#9caabc ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#9caabc is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 61.18% red, 66.67% green and 73.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 17.02% cyan, 9.57% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 213.75°, with 19.28% saturation and 67.45% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.89:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 6.92.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.3945

Complementary

  1. #9caabc
  2. #bcae9c

Split complementary

  1. #9caabc
  2. #bc9e9c
  3. #babc9c

Analogous

  1. #9cbabc
  2. #9caabc
  3. #9e9cbc

Triadic

  1. #9caabc
  2. #bc9caa
  3. #aabc9c

Tetradic

  1. #9caabc
  2. #ae9cbc
  3. #bcae9c
  4. #aabc9c

Square

  1. #9caabc
  2. #bc9cba
  3. #bcae9c
  4. #9cbc9e

Monochromatic

  1. #4d5d72
  2. #6e839d
  3. #9caabc
  4. #cad1db
  5. #f3f5f7

Shades

#9caabc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9caabc
  2. #8c99a9
  3. #7d8896
  4. #6d7784
  5. #5e6671
  6. #4e555e
  7. #3e444b
  8. #2f3338
  9. #1f2226
  10. #101113
  11. #000000

Tints

#9caabc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9caabc
  2. #a6b3c3
  3. #b0bbc9
  4. #bac4d0
  5. #c4ccd7
  6. #ced5de
  7. #d7dde4
  8. #e1e6eb
  9. #ebeef2
  10. #f5f7f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9caabc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9caabc
  2. #99a6b6
  3. #96a2b0
  4. #949daa
  5. #9199a4
  6. #8e959e
  7. #8b9198
  8. #888d92
  9. #86888c
  10. #838486
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.36:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.89:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a9a9a9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a4a9b1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a4aabd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a0a7bc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #94aeb0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a1aabd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9fa8bc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #97acb5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9caabc {
  color: #9caabc;
}
Background
.bg-9caabc {
  background-color: #9caabc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9caabc {
  border: 2px solid #9caabc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9caabc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 156 170 188;
  --color-primary-hsl: 214 19% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9caabc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9caabc, #9e9cbc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9caabc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(156 170 188 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.92 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.46 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 8.81 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 8.81 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 8.96 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 9.59 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 10.30 #635543 Inverted #a9a9a9 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#9caabc  rgb(156, 170, 188)  hsl(214, 19%, 67%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#bcae9c  rgb(188, 174, 156)  hsl(34, 19%, 67%)  Tan
#bc9caa  rgb(188, 156, 170)  hsl(334, 19%, 67%)  Pastel Purple
#aabc9c  rgb(170, 188, 156)  hsl(94, 19%, 67%)  Dark Sea Green