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#9EA0EE

#9ea0ee ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#9ea0ee is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 61.96% red, 62.75% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 33.61% cyan, 32.77% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 238.5°, with 70.18% saturation and 77.65% 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 soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.72:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 7.79.

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Web safe#9999ff
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Relative luminance0.3858

Complementary

  1. #9ea0ee
  2. #eeec9e

Split complementary

  1. #9ea0ee
  2. #eec49e
  3. #c8ee9e

Analogous

  1. #9ec8ee
  2. #9ea0ee
  3. #c49eee

Triadic

  1. #9ea0ee
  2. #ee9ea0
  3. #a0ee9e

Tetradic

  1. #9ea0ee
  2. #ec9eee
  3. #eeec9e
  4. #a0ee9e

Square

  1. #9ea0ee
  2. #ee9ec8
  3. #eeec9e
  4. #9eeec4

Monochromatic

  1. #2428cf
  2. #5d60e3
  3. #9ea0ee
  4. #dfe0f9
  5. #eeeefc

Shades

#9ea0ee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9ea0ee
  2. #8e90d6
  3. #7e80be
  4. #6f70a7
  5. #5f608f
  6. #4f5077
  7. #3f405f
  8. #2f3047
  9. #202030
  10. #101018
  11. #000000

Tints

#9ea0ee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9ea0ee
  2. #a8aaf0
  3. #b1b3f1
  4. #bbbdf3
  5. #c5c6f5
  6. #cfd0f7
  7. #d8d9f8
  8. #e2e3fa
  9. #ececfc
  10. #f5f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9ea0ee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9ea0ee
  2. #9b9de3
  3. #989ad8
  4. #9596cd
  5. #9293c2
  6. #8f90b7
  7. #8c8dac
  8. #898aa1
  9. #868696
  10. #83838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.41:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.72:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a3a4c7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #88aaf1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #85a4ec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #89afbc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #91a6f0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8fa3ed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #92a9d2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9ea0ee {
  color: #9ea0ee;
}
Background
.bg-9ea0ee {
  background-color: #9ea0ee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9ea0ee {
  border: 2px solid #9ea0ee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9ea0ee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 158 160 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 239 70% 78%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9ea0ee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9ea0ee, #c49eee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9ea0ee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(158 160 238 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.79 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 11.31 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 11.42 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 12.27 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 12.43 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 12.49 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 12.75 #615f11 Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#9ea0ee  rgb(158, 160, 238)  hsl(239, 70%, 78%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#eeec9e  rgb(238, 236, 158)  hsl(59, 70%, 78%)  Pale Goldenrod
#ee9ea0  rgb(238, 158, 160)  hsl(359, 70%, 78%)  Pastel Pink
#a0ee9e  rgb(160, 238, 158)  hsl(119, 70%, 78%)  Light Green