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#9FA5CE

#9fa5ce ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#9fa5ce is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 62.35% red, 64.71% green and 80.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 22.82% cyan, 19.9% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 232.34°, with 32.41% saturation and 71.57% 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 8.75:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 3.16.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.3874

Complementary

  1. #9fa5ce
  2. #cec89f

Split complementary

  1. #9fa5ce
  2. #ceb19f
  3. #bdce9f

Analogous

  1. #9fbdce
  2. #9fa5ce
  3. #b19fce

Triadic

  1. #9fa5ce
  2. #ce9fa5
  3. #a5ce9f

Tetradic

  1. #9fa5ce
  2. #c89fce
  3. #cec89f
  4. #a5ce9f

Square

  1. #9fa5ce
  2. #ce9fbd
  3. #cec89f
  4. #9fceb1

Monochromatic

  1. #48508c
  2. #6c76b4
  3. #9fa5ce
  4. #d2d4e8
  5. #f1f2f8

Shades

#9fa5ce mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9fa5ce
  2. #8f95b9
  3. #7f84a5
  4. #6f7490
  5. #5f637c
  6. #505367
  7. #404252
  8. #30323e
  9. #202129
  10. #101115
  11. #000000

Tints

#9fa5ce mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9fa5ce
  2. #a9aed3
  3. #b2b7d8
  4. #bcc0dd
  5. #c5c9e2
  6. #cfd2e7
  7. #d9dbeb
  8. #e2e4f0
  9. #ecedf5
  10. #f5f6fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9fa5ce mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9fa5ce
  2. #9ca1c6
  3. #999ebe
  4. #969ab7
  5. #9396af
  6. #9093a7
  7. #8c8f9f
  8. #898b97
  9. #868790
  10. #838488
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.4:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.75:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a4a6b8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9aa9d0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #97a6cd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #94acb3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9ca7cf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9aa5cd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #99a9be ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9fa5ce {
  color: #9fa5ce;
}
Background
.bg-9fa5ce {
  background-color: #9fa5ce;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9fa5ce {
  border: 2px solid #9fa5ce;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9fa5ce;
  --color-primary-rgb: 159 165 206;
  --color-primary-hsl: 232 32% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9fa5ce {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9fa5ce, #b19fce);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9fa5ce {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(159 165 206 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 3.16 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 7.68 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.81 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 11.09 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 11.34 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 12.13 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 12.32 #605a31 Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#9fa5ce  rgb(159, 165, 206)  hsl(232, 32%, 72%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#cec89f  rgb(206, 200, 159)  hsl(52, 32%, 72%)  Sage
#ce9fa5  rgb(206, 159, 165)  hsl(352, 32%, 72%)  Pastel Pink
#a5ce9f  rgb(165, 206, 159)  hsl(112, 32%, 72%)  Celadon