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#9EA4E6

#9ea4e6 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#9ea4e6 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 61.96% red, 64.31% green and 90.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 31.3% cyan, 28.7% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 235°, with 59.02% saturation and 76.08% 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 8.91:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 6.2.

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Relative luminance0.3953

Complementary

  1. #9ea4e6
  2. #e6e09e

Split complementary

  1. #9ea4e6
  2. #e6bc9e
  3. #c8e69e

Analogous

  1. #9ec8e6
  2. #9ea4e6
  3. #bc9ee6

Triadic

  1. #9ea4e6
  2. #e69ea4
  3. #a4e69e

Tetradic

  1. #9ea4e6
  2. #e09ee6
  3. #e6e09e
  4. #a4e69e

Square

  1. #9ea4e6
  2. #e69ec8
  3. #e6e09e
  4. #9ee6bc

Monochromatic

  1. #303cbb
  2. #616bd6
  3. #9ea4e6
  4. #dbddf6
  5. #eff0fb

Shades

#9ea4e6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9ea4e6
  2. #8e94cf
  3. #7e83b8
  4. #6f73a1
  5. #5f628a
  6. #4f5273
  7. #3f425c
  8. #2f3145
  9. #20212e
  10. #101017
  11. #000000

Tints

#9ea4e6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9ea4e6
  2. #a8ade9
  3. #b1b6eb
  4. #bbbfee
  5. #c5c8f0
  6. #cfd2f3
  7. #d8dbf5
  8. #e2e4f8
  9. #ecedfa
  10. #f5f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9ea4e6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9ea4e6
  2. #9ba0dc
  3. #989dd2
  4. #9599c7
  5. #9296bd
  6. #8f92b3
  7. #8c8ea9
  8. #898b9f
  9. #868794
  10. #83848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.36:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.91:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a9a9a9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a5a7c4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #90abe9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8da6e4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #8bb0bb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #96a9e8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #94a5e5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #93abce ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9ea4e6 {
  color: #9ea4e6;
}
Background
.bg-9ea4e6 {
  background-color: #9ea4e6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9ea4e6 {
  border: 2px solid #9ea4e6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9ea4e6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 158 164 230;
  --color-primary-hsl: 235 59% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9ea4e6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9ea4e6, #bc9ee6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9ea4e6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(158 164 230 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.20 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.81 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 11.26 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 11.31 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 11.65 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 12.23 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 12.68 #615b19 Inverted #a9a9a9 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#9ea4e6  rgb(158, 164, 230)  hsl(235, 59%, 76%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#e6e09e  rgb(230, 224, 158)  hsl(55, 59%, 76%)  Pale Goldenrod
#e69ea4  rgb(230, 158, 164)  hsl(355, 59%, 76%)  Pastel Pink
#a4e69e  rgb(164, 230, 158)  hsl(115, 59%, 76%)  Granny Smith Apple