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#9FA0E5

#9fa0e5 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#9fa0e5 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 62.35% red, 62.75% green and 89.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 30.57% cyan, 30.13% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.2% black. Its hue angle is 239.14°, with 57.38% saturation and 76.08% 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 8.63:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 6.94.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.3817

Complementary

  1. #9fa0e5
  2. #e5e49f

Split complementary

  1. #9fa0e5
  2. #e5c19f
  3. #c3e59f

Analogous

  1. #9fc3e5
  2. #9fa0e5
  3. #c19fe5

Triadic

  1. #9fa0e5
  2. #e59fa0
  3. #a0e59f

Tetradic

  1. #9fa0e5
  2. #e49fe5
  3. #e5e49f
  4. #a0e59f

Square

  1. #9fa0e5
  2. #e59fc3
  3. #e5e49f
  4. #9fe5c1

Monochromatic

  1. #3234b9
  2. #6364d5
  3. #9fa0e5
  4. #dbdcf5
  5. #efeffb

Shades

#9fa0e5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9fa0e5
  2. #8f90ce
  3. #7f80b7
  4. #6f70a0
  5. #5f6089
  6. #505073
  7. #40405c
  8. #303045
  9. #20202e
  10. #101017
  11. #000000

Tints

#9fa0e5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9fa0e5
  2. #a9aae8
  3. #b2b3ea
  4. #bcbded
  5. #c5c6ef
  6. #cfd0f2
  7. #d9d9f5
  8. #e2e3f7
  9. #ececfa
  10. #f5f6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9fa0e5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9fa0e5
  2. #9c9ddb
  3. #999ad1
  4. #9696c7
  5. #9393bd
  6. #9090b3
  7. #8c8da8
  8. #898a9e
  9. #868694
  10. #83838a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.43:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.63:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a3a4c2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8ca8e8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #89a4e3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #8dadb9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #94a5e7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #92a2e4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #95a8cc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9fa0e5 {
  color: #9fa0e5;
}
Background
.bg-9fa0e5 {
  background-color: #9fa0e5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9fa0e5 {
  border: 2px solid #9fa0e5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9fa0e5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 159 160 229;
  --color-primary-hsl: 239 57% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9fa0e5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9fa0e5, #c19fe5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9fa0e5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(159 160 229 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.94 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 11.18 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 11.65 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 11.74 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 11.95 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 12.24 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 12.91 #605f1a Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#9fa0e5  rgb(159, 160, 229)  hsl(239, 57%, 76%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#e5e49f  rgb(229, 228, 159)  hsl(59, 57%, 76%)  Pale Goldenrod
#e59fa0  rgb(229, 159, 160)  hsl(359, 57%, 76%)  Pastel Pink
#a0e59f  rgb(160, 229, 159)  hsl(119, 57%, 76%)  Granny Smith Apple