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#9FA6D5

#9fa6d5 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#9fa6d5 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 62.35% red, 65.1% green and 83.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.35% cyan, 22.07% magenta, 0% yellow and 16.47% black. Its hue angle is 232.22°, with 39.13% saturation and 72.94% 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 8.89:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 3.6.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.3945

Complementary

  1. #9fa6d5
  2. #d5ce9f

Split complementary

  1. #9fa6d5
  2. #d5b39f
  3. #c1d59f

Analogous

  1. #9fc1d5
  2. #9fa6d5
  3. #b39fd5

Triadic

  1. #9fa6d5
  2. #d59fa6
  3. #a6d59f

Tetradic

  1. #9fa6d5
  2. #ce9fd5
  3. #d5ce9f
  4. #a6d59f

Square

  1. #9fa6d5
  2. #d59fc1
  3. #d5ce9f
  4. #9fd5b3

Monochromatic

  1. #434e98
  2. #6a75be
  3. #9fa6d5
  4. #d4d7ec
  5. #f1f2f9

Shades

#9fa6d5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9fa6d5
  2. #8f95c0
  3. #7f85aa
  4. #6f7495
  5. #5f6480
  6. #50536b
  7. #404255
  8. #303240
  9. #20212b
  10. #101115
  11. #000000

Tints

#9fa6d5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9fa6d5
  2. #a9afd9
  3. #b2b8dd
  4. #bcc1e2
  5. #c5cae6
  6. #cfd3ea
  7. #d9dbee
  8. #e2e4f2
  9. #ecedf7
  10. #f5f6fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9fa6d5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9fa6d5
  2. #9ca2cd
  3. #999ec4
  4. #969bbc
  5. #9397b3
  6. #9093ab
  7. #8c8fa2
  8. #898b9a
  9. #868891
  10. #838489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.36:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.89:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a9a9a9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a5a8bc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #99abd7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #96a7d4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #92aeb6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9ba9d6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9aa6d4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #97abc3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9fa6d5 {
  color: #9fa6d5;
}
Background
.bg-9fa6d5 {
  background-color: #9fa6d5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9fa6d5 {
  border: 2px solid #9fa6d5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9fa6d5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 159 166 213;
  --color-primary-hsl: 232 39% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9fa6d5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9fa6d5, #b39fd5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9fa6d5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(159 166 213 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 3.60 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 8.83 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 10.61 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.66 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 12.32 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 12.39 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 12.97 #60592a Inverted #a9a9a9 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#9fa6d5  rgb(159, 166, 213)  hsl(232, 39%, 73%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#d5ce9f  rgb(213, 206, 159)  hsl(52, 39%, 73%)  Sage
#d59fa6  rgb(213, 159, 166)  hsl(352, 39%, 73%)  Pastel Pink
#a6d59f  rgb(166, 213, 159)  hsl(112, 39%, 73%)  Celadon