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#9EAADD

#9eaadd ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#9eaadd is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 61.96% red, 66.67% green and 86.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 28.51% cyan, 23.08% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 228.57°, with 48.09% saturation and 74.31% 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 9.25:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 3.76.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.4124

Complementary

  1. #9eaadd
  2. #ddd19e

Split complementary

  1. #9eaadd
  2. #ddb19e
  3. #c9dd9e

Analogous

  1. #9ec9dd
  2. #9eaadd
  3. #b19edd

Triadic

  1. #9eaadd
  2. #dd9eaa
  3. #aadd9e

Tetradic

  1. #9eaadd
  2. #d19edd
  3. #ddd19e
  4. #aadd9e

Square

  1. #9eaadd
  2. #dd9ec9
  3. #ddd19e
  4. #9eddb1

Monochromatic

  1. #3b4fa7
  2. #6578c9
  3. #9eaadd
  4. #d7dcf1
  5. #f0f2fa

Shades

#9eaadd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9eaadd
  2. #8e99c7
  3. #7e88b1
  4. #6f779b
  5. #5f6685
  6. #4f556f
  7. #3f4458
  8. #2f3342
  9. #20222c
  10. #101116
  11. #000000

Tints

#9eaadd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9eaadd
  2. #a8b3e0
  3. #b1bbe4
  4. #bbc4e7
  5. #c5cceb
  6. #cfd5ee
  7. #d8ddf1
  8. #e2e6f5
  9. #eceef8
  10. #f5f7fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9eaadd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9eaadd
  2. #9ba6d4
  3. #98a2ca
  4. #959dc1
  5. #9299b8
  6. #8f95af
  7. #8c91a5
  8. #898d9c
  9. #868893
  10. #838489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.27:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.25:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #acacac ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a7abc2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9bafdf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #96aadc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #8eb4bb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9cadde ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #99aadc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #94b0ca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9eaadd {
  color: #9eaadd;
}
Background
.bg-9eaadd {
  background-color: #9eaadd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9eaadd {
  border: 2px solid #9eaadd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9eaadd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 158 170 221;
  --color-primary-hsl: 229 48% 74%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9eaadd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9eaadd, #b19edd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9eaadd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(158 170 221 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 3.76 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.47 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 10.13 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 10.21 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 11.51 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 12.01 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 13.29 #615522 Inverted #acacac Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#9eaadd  rgb(158, 170, 221)  hsl(229, 48%, 74%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#ddd19e  rgb(221, 209, 158)  hsl(49, 48%, 74%)  Vanilla
#dd9eaa  rgb(221, 158, 170)  hsl(349, 48%, 74%)  Pastel Pink
#aadd9e  rgb(170, 221, 158)  hsl(109, 48%, 74%)  Granny Smith Apple