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#9F9FBF

#9f9fbf ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#9f9fbf is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 62.35% red, 62.35% green and 74.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 16.75% cyan, 16.75% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 240°, with 20% saturation and 68.63% 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 8.19:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 5.58.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.3593

Complementary

  1. #9f9fbf
  2. #bfbf9f

Split complementary

  1. #9f9fbf
  2. #bfaf9f
  3. #afbf9f

Analogous

  1. #9fafbf
  2. #9f9fbf
  3. #af9fbf

Triadic

  1. #9f9fbf
  2. #bf9f9f
  3. #9fbf9f

Tetradic

  1. #9f9fbf
  2. #bf9fbf
  3. #bfbf9f
  4. #9fbf9f

Square

  1. #9f9fbf
  2. #bf9faf
  3. #bfbf9f
  4. #9fbfaf

Monochromatic

  1. #4f4f76
  2. #7171a0
  3. #9f9fbf
  4. #cdcdde
  5. #f3f3f7

Shades

#9f9fbf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9f9fbf
  2. #8f8fac
  3. #7f7f99
  4. #6f6f86
  5. #5f5f73
  6. #505060
  7. #40404c
  8. #303039
  9. #202026
  10. #101013
  11. #000000

Tints

#9f9fbf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9f9fbf
  2. #a9a9c5
  3. #b2b2cc
  4. #bcbcd2
  5. #c5c5d9
  6. #cfcfdf
  7. #d9d9e5
  8. #e2e2ec
  9. #ececf2
  10. #f5f5f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9f9fbf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9f9fbf
  2. #9c9cb9
  3. #9999b2
  4. #9696ac
  5. #9393a6
  6. #9090a0
  7. #8c8c99
  8. #898993
  9. #86868d
  10. #838386
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.57:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.19:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a1a1ae ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #97a3c0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #96a1be ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #98a4aa ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9aa1c0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9aa0be ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9ba2b3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9f9fbf {
  color: #9f9fbf;
}
Background
.bg-9f9fbf {
  background-color: #9f9fbf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9f9fbf {
  border: 2px solid #9f9fbf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9f9fbf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 159 159 191;
  --color-primary-hsl: 240 20% 69%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9f9fbf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9f9fbf, #af9fbf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9f9fbf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(159 159 191 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 5.58 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 5.76 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 8.40 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 8.71 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 12.12 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 12.13 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 12.88 #606040 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#9f9fbf  rgb(159, 159, 191)  hsl(240, 20%, 69%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#bfbf9f  rgb(191, 191, 159)  hsl(60, 20%, 69%)  Sage
#bf9f9f  rgb(191, 159, 159)  hsl(0, 20%, 69%)  Silver Pink
#9fbf9f  rgb(159, 191, 159)  hsl(120, 20%, 69%)  Dark Sea Green