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#9EA0EF

#9ea0ef ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#9ea0ef 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 93.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 33.89% cyan, 33.05% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 238.52°, with 71.68% saturation and 77.84% 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 8.73:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 7.89.

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Web safe#9999ff
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Relative luminance0.3864

Complementary

  1. #9ea0ef
  2. #efed9e

Split complementary

  1. #9ea0ef
  2. #efc49e
  3. #c8ef9e

Analogous

  1. #9ec8ef
  2. #9ea0ef
  3. #c49eef

Triadic

  1. #9ea0ef
  2. #ef9ea0
  3. #a0ef9e

Tetradic

  1. #9ea0ef
  2. #ed9eef
  3. #efed9e
  4. #a0ef9e

Square

  1. #9ea0ef
  2. #ef9ec8
  3. #efed9e
  4. #9eefc4

Monochromatic

  1. #2327d1
  2. #5c60e4
  3. #9ea0ef
  4. #e0e0fa
  5. #edeefc

Shades

#9ea0ef mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9ea0ef
  2. #8e90d7
  3. #7e80bf
  4. #6f70a7
  5. #5f608f
  6. #4f5078
  7. #3f4060
  8. #2f3048
  9. #202030
  10. #101018
  11. #000000

Tints

#9ea0ef mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9ea0ef
  2. #a8aaf1
  3. #b1b3f2
  4. #bbbdf4
  5. #c5c6f5
  6. #cfd0f7
  7. #d8d9f9
  8. #e2e3fa
  9. #ececfc
  10. #f5f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9ea0ef mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9ea0ef
  2. #9b9de4
  3. #989ad9
  4. #9596ce
  5. #9293c3
  6. #8f90b8
  7. #8c8dac
  8. #898aa1
  9. #868696
  10. #83838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.41:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.73:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a3a4c8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #88aaf2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #84a4ed ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #88afbd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #91a6f1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8fa3ee ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #92a9d3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9ea0ef {
  color: #9ea0ef;
}
Background
.bg-9ea0ef {
  background-color: #9ea0ef;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9ea0ef {
  border: 2px solid #9ea0ef;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9ea0ef;
  --color-primary-rgb: 158 160 239;
  --color-primary-hsl: 239 72% 78%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9ea0ef {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9ea0ef, #c49eef);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9ea0ef {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(158 160 239 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.89 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 11.29 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 11.37 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 12.39 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 12.46 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 12.48 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 12.84 #615f10 Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#9ea0ef  rgb(158, 160, 239)  hsl(239, 72%, 78%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#efed9e  rgb(239, 237, 158)  hsl(59, 72%, 78%)  Khaki
#ef9ea0  rgb(239, 158, 160)  hsl(359, 72%, 78%)  Pastel Pink
#a0ef9e  rgb(160, 239, 158)  hsl(119, 72%, 78%)  Light Green