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#9EB6EA

#9eb6ea ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#9eb6ea is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 61.96% red, 71.37% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 32.48% cyan, 22.22% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 221.05°, with 64.41% saturation and 76.86% 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 10.33:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 5.88.

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Web safe#99ccff
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Relative luminance0.4667

Complementary

  1. #9eb6ea
  2. #ead29e

Split complementary

  1. #9eb6ea
  2. #eaac9e
  3. #dcea9e

Analogous

  1. #9edcea
  2. #9eb6ea
  3. #ac9eea

Triadic

  1. #9eb6ea
  2. #ea9eb6
  3. #b6ea9e

Tetradic

  1. #9eb6ea
  2. #d29eea
  3. #ead29e
  4. #b6ea9e

Square

  1. #9eb6ea
  2. #ea9edc
  3. #ead29e
  4. #9eeaac

Monochromatic

  1. #2b5bc4
  2. #5f87dc
  3. #9eb6ea
  4. #dde5f8
  5. #eef2fb

Shades

#9eb6ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9eb6ea
  2. #8ea4d3
  3. #7e92bb
  4. #6f7fa4
  5. #5f6d8c
  6. #4f5b75
  7. #3f495e
  8. #2f3746
  9. #20242f
  10. #101217
  11. #000000

Tints

#9eb6ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9eb6ea
  2. #a8bdec
  3. #b1c5ee
  4. #bbccf0
  5. #c5d3f2
  6. #cfdbf5
  7. #d8e2f7
  8. #e2e9f9
  9. #ecf0fb
  10. #f5f8fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9eb6ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9eb6ea
  2. #9bb1df
  3. #98abd5
  4. #95a6ca
  5. #92a0c0
  6. #8f9bb5
  7. #8c96aa
  8. #8990a0
  9. #868b95
  10. #83858b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.03:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.33:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b6b6b6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #adb6cd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a5baec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9eb3e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #88c0c8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a2b8eb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9eb4e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #91bcd6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9eb6ea {
  color: #9eb6ea;
}
Background
.bg-9eb6ea {
  background-color: #9eb6ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9eb6ea {
  border: 2px solid #9eb6ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9eb6ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 158 182 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 221 64% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9eb6ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9eb6ea, #ac9eea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9eb6ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(158 182 234 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 5.88 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.00 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.70 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 9.84 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 11.40 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 11.48 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 12.01 #614915 Inverted #b6b6b6 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#9eb6ea  rgb(158, 182, 234)  hsl(221, 64%, 77%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#ead29e  rgb(234, 210, 158)  hsl(41, 64%, 77%)  Wheat
#ea9eb6  rgb(234, 158, 182)  hsl(341, 64%, 77%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#b6ea9e  rgb(182, 234, 158)  hsl(101, 64%, 77%)  Granny Smith Apple