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#9EB7EA

#9eb7ea ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#9eb7ea is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 61.96% red, 71.76% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 32.48% cyan, 21.79% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 220.26°, 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 10.42:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 6.03.

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Web safe#99ccff
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Relative luminance0.4708

Complementary

  1. #9eb7ea
  2. #ead19e

Split complementary

  1. #9eb7ea
  2. #eaab9e
  3. #ddea9e

Analogous

  1. #9eddea
  2. #9eb7ea
  3. #ab9eea

Triadic

  1. #9eb7ea
  2. #ea9eb7
  3. #b7ea9e

Tetradic

  1. #9eb7ea
  2. #d19eea
  3. #ead19e
  4. #b7ea9e

Square

  1. #9eb7ea
  2. #ea9edd
  3. #ead19e
  4. #9eeaab

Monochromatic

  1. #2b5dc4
  2. #5f88dc
  3. #9eb7ea
  4. #dde6f8
  5. #eef3fb

Shades

#9eb7ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9eb7ea
  2. #8ea5d3
  3. #7e92bb
  4. #6f80a4
  5. #5f6e8c
  6. #4f5c75
  7. #3f495e
  8. #2f3746
  9. #20252f
  10. #101217
  11. #000000

Tints

#9eb7ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9eb7ea
  2. #a8beec
  3. #b1c5ee
  4. #bbcdf0
  5. #c5d4f2
  6. #cfdbf5
  7. #d8e2f7
  8. #e2e9f9
  9. #ecf1fb
  10. #f5f8fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9eb7ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9eb7ea
  2. #9bb2df
  3. #98acd5
  4. #95a7ca
  5. #92a1c0
  6. #8f9cb5
  7. #8c96aa
  8. #8991a0
  9. #868b95
  10. #83868b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.02:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.42:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b7b7b7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #adb7cd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a6baec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9fb3e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #88c1c8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a3b9eb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9eb5e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #91bdd7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9eb7ea {
  color: #9eb7ea;
}
Background
.bg-9eb7ea {
  background-color: #9eb7ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9eb7ea {
  border: 2px solid #9eb7ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9eb7ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 158 183 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 220 64% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9eb7ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9eb7ea, #ab9eea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9eb7ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(158 183 234 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.03 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 6.76 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.59 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 9.91 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 11.05 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 11.55 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 11.70 #614815 Inverted #b7b7b7 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#9eb7ea  rgb(158, 183, 234)  hsl(220, 64%, 77%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#ead19e  rgb(234, 209, 158)  hsl(40, 64%, 77%)  Wheat
#ea9eb7  rgb(234, 158, 183)  hsl(340, 64%, 77%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#b7ea9e  rgb(183, 234, 158)  hsl(100, 64%, 77%)  Granny Smith Apple