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#9EA9CC

#9ea9cc ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#9ea9cc is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 61.96% red, 66.27% green and 80% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 22.55% cyan, 17.16% magenta, 0% yellow and 20% black. Its hue angle is 225.65°, with 31.08% saturation and 70.98% 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 9:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 1.14.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.4

Complementary

  1. #9ea9cc
  2. #ccc19e

Split complementary

  1. #9ea9cc
  2. #ccaa9e
  3. #c0cc9e

Analogous

  1. #9ec0cc
  2. #9ea9cc
  3. #aa9ecc

Triadic

  1. #9ea9cc
  2. #cc9ea9
  3. #a9cc9e

Tetradic

  1. #9ea9cc
  2. #c19ecc
  3. #ccc19e
  4. #a9cc9e

Square

  1. #9ea9cc
  2. #cc9ec0
  3. #ccc19e
  4. #9eccaa

Monochromatic

  1. #485889
  2. #6c7db2
  3. #9ea9cc
  4. #d0d5e6
  5. #f2f3f8

Shades

#9ea9cc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9ea9cc
  2. #8e98b8
  3. #7e87a3
  4. #6f768f
  5. #5f657a
  6. #4f5566
  7. #3f4452
  8. #2f333d
  9. #202229
  10. #101114
  11. #000000

Tints

#9ea9cc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9ea9cc
  2. #a8b2d1
  3. #b1bad6
  4. #bbc3db
  5. #c5cbe0
  6. #cfd4e6
  7. #d8ddeb
  8. #e2e5f0
  9. #eceef5
  10. #f5f6fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9ea9cc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9ea9cc
  2. #9ba5c4
  3. #98a1bd
  4. #959db5
  5. #9299ae
  6. #8f95a6
  7. #8c909e
  8. #898c97
  9. #86888f
  10. #838488
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.33:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aaaaaa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a5a9b8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9facce ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9ba8cb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #93b0b5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9fabcd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9ca8cb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #97adbe ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9ea9cc {
  color: #9ea9cc;
}
Background
.bg-9ea9cc {
  background-color: #9ea9cc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9ea9cc {
  border: 2px solid #9ea9cc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9ea9cc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 158 169 204;
  --color-primary-hsl: 226 31% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9ea9cc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9ea9cc, #aa9ecc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9ea9cc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(158 169 204 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 1.14 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 7.64 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 8.65 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 11.16 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 11.86 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 12.81 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 13.17 #615633 Inverted #aaaaaa Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#9ea9cc  rgb(158, 169, 204)  hsl(226, 31%, 71%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#ccc19e  rgb(204, 193, 158)  hsl(46, 31%, 71%)  Sage
#cc9ea9  rgb(204, 158, 169)  hsl(346, 31%, 71%)  Pastel Pink
#a9cc9e  rgb(169, 204, 158)  hsl(106, 31%, 71%)  Dark Sea Green