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#9EB7E4

#9eb7e4 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#9eb7e4 is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 61.96% red, 71.76% green and 89.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 30.7% cyan, 19.74% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 218.57°, with 56.45% saturation and 75.69% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.35:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 5.43.

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Relative luminance0.4674

Complementary

  1. #9eb7e4
  2. #e4cb9e

Split complementary

  1. #9eb7e4
  2. #e4a89e
  3. #dae49e

Analogous

  1. #9edae4
  2. #9eb7e4
  3. #a89ee4

Triadic

  1. #9eb7e4
  2. #e49eb7
  3. #b7e49e

Tetradic

  1. #9eb7e4
  2. #cb9ee4
  3. #e4cb9e
  4. #b7e49e

Square

  1. #9eb7e4
  2. #e49eda
  3. #e4cb9e
  4. #9ee4a8

Monochromatic

  1. #3362b6
  2. #628bd3
  3. #9eb7e4
  4. #dae3f5
  5. #eff3fb

Shades

#9eb7e4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9eb7e4
  2. #8ea5cd
  3. #7e92b6
  4. #6f80a0
  5. #5f6e89
  6. #4f5c72
  7. #3f495b
  8. #2f3744
  9. #20252e
  10. #101217
  11. #000000

Tints

#9eb7e4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9eb7e4
  2. #a8bee7
  3. #b1c5e9
  4. #bbcdec
  5. #c5d4ef
  6. #cfdbf2
  7. #d8e2f4
  8. #e2e9f7
  9. #ecf1fa
  10. #f5f8fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9eb7e4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9eb7e4
  2. #9bb2da
  3. #98acd0
  4. #95a7c6
  5. #92a1bc
  6. #8f9cb2
  7. #8c96a8
  8. #89919e
  9. #868b94
  10. #83868a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.03:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.35:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b6b6b6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #adb6ca ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a8bae6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a1b3e3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #8ac0c6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a4b9e5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a0b5e3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #92bdd3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9eb7e4 {
  color: #9eb7e4;
}
Background
.bg-9eb7e4 {
  background-color: #9eb7e4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9eb7e4 {
  border: 2px solid #9eb7e4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9eb7e4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 158 183 228;
  --color-primary-hsl: 219 56% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9eb7e4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9eb7e4, #a89ee4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9eb7e4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(158 183 228 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 5.43 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 5.98 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.28 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 10.07 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.82 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 11.11 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 11.38 #61481b Inverted #b6b6b6 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#9eb7e4  rgb(158, 183, 228)  hsl(219, 56%, 76%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#e4cb9e  rgb(228, 203, 158)  hsl(39, 56%, 76%)  Wheat
#e49eb7  rgb(228, 158, 183)  hsl(339, 56%, 76%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#b7e49e  rgb(183, 228, 158)  hsl(99, 56%, 76%)  Granny Smith Apple