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#9DAADD

#9daadd ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#9daadd is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 61.57% red, 66.67% green and 86.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 28.96% cyan, 23.08% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 227.81°, with 48.48% saturation and 74.12% 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 9.23:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 3.81.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.4114

Complementary

  1. #9daadd
  2. #ddd09d

Split complementary

  1. #9daadd
  2. #ddb09d
  3. #cadd9d

Analogous

  1. #9dcadd
  2. #9daadd
  3. #b09ddd

Triadic

  1. #9daadd
  2. #dd9daa
  3. #aadd9d

Tetradic

  1. #9daadd
  2. #d09ddd
  3. #ddd09d
  4. #aadd9d

Square

  1. #9daadd
  2. #dd9dca
  3. #ddd09d
  4. #9dddb0

Monochromatic

  1. #3a50a7
  2. #6479c9
  3. #9daadd
  4. #d6dbf1
  5. #f0f2fa

Shades

#9daadd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9daadd
  2. #8d99c7
  3. #7e88b1
  4. #6e779b
  5. #5e6685
  6. #4f556f
  7. #3f4458
  8. #2f3342
  9. #1f222c
  10. #101116
  11. #000000

Tints

#9daadd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9daadd
  2. #a7b3e0
  3. #b1bbe4
  4. #bac4e7
  5. #c4cceb
  6. #ced5ee
  7. #d8ddf1
  8. #e2e6f5
  9. #ebeef8
  10. #f5f7fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9daadd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9daadd
  2. #9aa6d4
  3. #97a2ca
  4. #949dc1
  5. #9199b8
  6. #8f95af
  7. #8c91a5
  8. #898d9c
  9. #868893
  10. #838489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.28:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.23:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #acacac ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a6abc1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9bafdf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #96a9dc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #8cb4bb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9cadde ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #99aadc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #93b0ca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9daadd {
  color: #9daadd;
}
Background
.bg-9daadd {
  background-color: #9daadd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9daadd {
  border: 2px solid #9daadd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9daadd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 157 170 221;
  --color-primary-hsl: 228 48% 74%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9daadd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9daadd, #b09ddd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9daadd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(157 170 221 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 3.81 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.39 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 10.22 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 10.29 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 11.21 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 11.73 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 13.01 #625522 Inverted #acacac Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#9daadd  rgb(157, 170, 221)  hsl(228, 48%, 74%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#ddd09d  rgb(221, 208, 157)  hsl(48, 48%, 74%)  Vanilla
#dd9daa  rgb(221, 157, 170)  hsl(348, 48%, 74%)  Pastel Pink
#aadd9d  rgb(170, 221, 157)  hsl(108, 48%, 74%)  Granny Smith Apple