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#9CAEE2

#9caee2 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#9caee2 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 61.18% red, 68.24% green and 88.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 30.97% cyan, 23.01% magenta, 0% yellow and 11.37% black. Its hue angle is 224.57°, with 54.69% saturation and 74.9% 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 9.57:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 4.44.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.4283

Complementary

  1. #9caee2
  2. #e2d09c

Split complementary

  1. #9caee2
  2. #e2ad9c
  3. #d1e29c

Analogous

  1. #9cd1e2
  2. #9caee2
  3. #ad9ce2

Triadic

  1. #9caee2
  2. #e29cae
  3. #aee29c

Tetradic

  1. #9caee2
  2. #d09ce2
  3. #e2d09c
  4. #aee29c

Square

  1. #9caee2
  2. #e29cd1
  3. #e2d09c
  4. #9ce2ad

Monochromatic

  1. #3454b1
  2. #617ed1
  3. #9caee2
  4. #d7def3
  5. #eff2fa

Shades

#9caee2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9caee2
  2. #8c9dcb
  3. #7d8bb5
  4. #6d7a9e
  5. #5e6888
  6. #4e5771
  7. #3e465a
  8. #2f3444
  9. #1f232d
  10. #101117
  11. #000000

Tints

#9caee2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9caee2
  2. #a6b6e5
  3. #b0bee8
  4. #bac6eb
  5. #c4ceee
  6. #ced7f1
  7. #d7dff3
  8. #e1e7f6
  9. #ebeff9
  10. #f5f7fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9caee2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9caee2
  2. #99a9d8
  3. #96a5ce
  4. #94a0c5
  5. #919cbb
  6. #8e97b1
  7. #8b92a7
  8. #888e9d
  9. #868994
  10. #83858a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.57:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a8afc5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9eb2e4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #98ace1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #89b8c0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9db1e3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #99ade1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #91b4ce ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9caee2 {
  color: #9caee2;
}
Background
.bg-9caee2 {
  background-color: #9caee2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9caee2 {
  border: 2px solid #9caee2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9caee2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 156 174 226;
  --color-primary-hsl: 225 55% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9caee2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9caee2, #ad9ce2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9caee2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(156 174 226 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 4.44 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 8.40 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 10.14 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 10.20 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 11.08 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 11.35 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 12.44 #63511d Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#9caee2  rgb(156, 174, 226)  hsl(225, 55%, 75%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#e2d09c  rgb(226, 208, 156)  hsl(45, 55%, 75%)  Wheat
#e29cae  rgb(226, 156, 174)  hsl(345, 55%, 75%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#aee29c  rgb(174, 226, 156)  hsl(105, 55%, 75%)  Granny Smith Apple