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#9DA5CC

#9da5cc ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#9da5cc is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 61.57% red, 64.71% green and 80% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 23.04% cyan, 19.12% magenta, 0% yellow and 20% black. Its hue angle is 229.79°, with 31.54% 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 8.69:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 2.65.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.3844

Complementary

  1. #9da5cc
  2. #ccc49d

Split complementary

  1. #9da5cc
  2. #ccac9d
  3. #bccc9d

Analogous

  1. #9dbccc
  2. #9da5cc
  3. #ac9dcc

Triadic

  1. #9da5cc
  2. #cc9da5
  3. #a5cc9d

Tetradic

  1. #9da5cc
  2. #c49dcc
  3. #ccc49d
  4. #a5cc9d

Square

  1. #9da5cc
  2. #cc9dbc
  3. #ccc49d
  4. #9dccac

Monochromatic

  1. #475289
  2. #6b77b2
  3. #9da5cc
  4. #cfd3e6
  5. #f2f3f8

Shades

#9da5cc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9da5cc
  2. #8d95b8
  3. #7e84a3
  4. #6e748f
  5. #5e637a
  6. #4f5366
  7. #3f4252
  8. #2f323d
  9. #1f2129
  10. #101114
  11. #000000

Tints

#9da5cc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9da5cc
  2. #a7aed1
  3. #b1b7d6
  4. #bac0db
  5. #c4c9e0
  6. #ced2e6
  7. #d8dbeb
  8. #e2e4f0
  9. #ebedf5
  10. #f5f6fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9da5cc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9da5cc
  2. #9aa1c4
  3. #979ebd
  4. #949ab5
  5. #9196ae
  6. #8f93a6
  7. #8c8f9e
  8. #898b97
  9. #86878f
  10. #838488
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.42:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.69:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a3a6b7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9aa9ce ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #97a5cb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #92acb2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9ba7cd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9aa5cb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #96a9bd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9da5cc {
  color: #9da5cc;
}
Background
.bg-9da5cc {
  background-color: #9da5cc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9da5cc {
  border: 2px solid #9da5cc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9da5cc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 157 165 204;
  --color-primary-hsl: 230 32% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9da5cc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9da5cc, #ac9dcc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9da5cc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(157 165 204 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 2.65 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 7.22 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.37 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 11.44 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 11.81 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 12.38 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 12.84 #625a33 Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#9da5cc  rgb(157, 165, 204)  hsl(230, 32%, 71%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#ccc49d  rgb(204, 196, 157)  hsl(50, 32%, 71%)  Sage
#cc9da5  rgb(204, 157, 165)  hsl(350, 32%, 71%)  Pastel Pink
#a5cc9d  rgb(165, 204, 157)  hsl(110, 32%, 71%)  Dark Sea Green