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#9DA4BC

#9da4bc ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#9da4bc is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 61.57% red, 64.31% green and 73.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 16.49% cyan, 12.77% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 226.45°, with 18.79% saturation and 67.65% 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 8.47:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 4.37.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.3735

Complementary

  1. #9da4bc
  2. #bcb59d

Split complementary

  1. #9da4bc
  2. #bca69d
  3. #b4bc9d

Analogous

  1. #9db4bc
  2. #9da4bc
  3. #a69dbc

Triadic

  1. #9da4bc
  2. #bc9da4
  3. #a4bc9d

Tetradic

  1. #9da4bc
  2. #b59dbc
  3. #bcb59d
  4. #a4bc9d

Square

  1. #9da4bc
  2. #bc9db4
  3. #bcb59d
  4. #9dbca6

Monochromatic

  1. #4e5672
  2. #707a9d
  3. #9da4bc
  4. #cacedb
  5. #f3f4f7

Shades

#9da4bc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9da4bc
  2. #8d94a9
  3. #7e8396
  4. #6e7384
  5. #5e6271
  6. #4f525e
  7. #3f424b
  8. #2f3138
  9. #1f2126
  10. #101013
  11. #000000

Tints

#9da4bc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9da4bc
  2. #a7adc3
  3. #b1b6c9
  4. #babfd0
  5. #c4c8d7
  6. #ced2de
  7. #d8dbe4
  8. #e2e4eb
  9. #ebedf2
  10. #f5f6f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9da4bc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9da4bc
  2. #9aa0b6
  3. #979db0
  4. #9499aa
  5. #9196a4
  6. #8f929e
  7. #8c8e98
  8. #898b92
  9. #86878c
  10. #838486
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.48:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.47:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a4a4a4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a2a4ae ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9da6bd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9ba3bb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #96a8ac ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9da5bd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9ca4bc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #99a7b2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9da4bc {
  color: #9da4bc;
}
Background
.bg-9da4bc {
  background-color: #9da4bc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9da4bc {
  border: 2px solid #9da4bc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9da4bc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 157 164 188;
  --color-primary-hsl: 226 19% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9da4bc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9da4bc, #a69dbc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9da4bc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(157 164 188 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 4.37 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 5.65 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.66 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 10.56 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 10.56 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 10.91 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 11.38 #625b43 Inverted #a4a4a4 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#9da4bc  rgb(157, 164, 188)  hsl(226, 19%, 68%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#bcb59d  rgb(188, 181, 157)  hsl(46, 19%, 68%)  Sage
#bc9da4  rgb(188, 157, 164)  hsl(346, 19%, 68%)  Rosy Brown
#a4bc9d  rgb(164, 188, 157)  hsl(106, 19%, 68%)  Dark Sea Green