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#9FA4BC

#9fa4bc ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#9fa4bc is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 62.35% red, 64.31% green and 73.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 15.43% cyan, 12.77% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 229.66°, with 17.79% saturation and 68.04% 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 8.51:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 4.54.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.3755

Complementary

  1. #9fa4bc
  2. #bcb79f

Split complementary

  1. #9fa4bc
  2. #bca99f
  3. #b2bc9f

Analogous

  1. #9fb2bc
  2. #9fa4bc
  3. #a99fbc

Triadic

  1. #9fa4bc
  2. #bc9fa4
  3. #a4bc9f

Tetradic

  1. #9fa4bc
  2. #b79fbc
  3. #bcb79f
  4. #a4bc9f

Square

  1. #9fa4bc
  2. #bc9fb2
  3. #bcb79f
  4. #9fbca9

Monochromatic

  1. #505672
  2. #72799d
  3. #9fa4bc
  4. #cccfdb
  5. #f3f4f7

Shades

#9fa4bc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9fa4bc
  2. #8f94a9
  3. #7f8396
  4. #6f7384
  5. #5f6271
  6. #50525e
  7. #40424b
  8. #303138
  9. #202126
  10. #101013
  11. #000000

Tints

#9fa4bc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9fa4bc
  2. #a9adc3
  3. #b2b6c9
  4. #bcbfd0
  5. #c5c8d7
  6. #cfd2de
  7. #d9dbe4
  8. #e2e4eb
  9. #ecedf2
  10. #f5f6f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9fa4bc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9fa4bc
  2. #9ca0b6
  3. #999db0
  4. #9699aa
  5. #9396a4
  6. #90929e
  7. #8c8e98
  8. #898b92
  9. #86878c
  10. #838486
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.47:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.51:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a5a5a5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a3a5af ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9ea6bd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9ca4bb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #99a8ac ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9ea5bd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9da4bc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9ba7b2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9fa4bc {
  color: #9fa4bc;
}
Background
.bg-9fa4bc {
  background-color: #9fa4bc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9fa4bc {
  border: 2px solid #9fa4bc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9fa4bc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 159 164 188;
  --color-primary-hsl: 230 18% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9fa4bc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9fa4bc, #a99fbc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9fa4bc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(159 164 188 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 4.54 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 5.73 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 10.04 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.09 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 10.42 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 10.59 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 10.59 #605b43 Inverted #a5a5a5 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#9fa4bc  rgb(159, 164, 188)  hsl(230, 18%, 68%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#bcb79f  rgb(188, 183, 159)  hsl(50, 18%, 68%)  Sage
#bc9fa4  rgb(188, 159, 164)  hsl(350, 18%, 68%)  Silver Pink
#a4bc9f  rgb(164, 188, 159)  hsl(110, 18%, 68%)  Dark Sea Green