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#9FA6FA

#9fa6fa ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#9fa6fa is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 62.35% red, 65.1% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 36.4% cyan, 33.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 235.38°, with 90.1% saturation and 80.2% 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 9.31:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 8.22.

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Relative luminance0.4155

Complementary

  1. #9fa6fa
  2. #faf39f

Split complementary

  1. #9fa6fa
  2. #fac69f
  3. #d4fa9f

Analogous

  1. #9fd4fa
  2. #9fa6fa
  3. #c69ffa

Triadic

  1. #9fa6fa
  2. #fa9fa6
  3. #a6fa9f

Tetradic

  1. #9fa6fa
  2. #f39ffa
  3. #faf39f
  4. #a6fa9f

Square

  1. #9fa6fa
  2. #fa9fd4
  3. #faf39f
  4. #9ffac6

Monochromatic

  1. #0e1ff2
  2. #5663f6
  3. #9fa6fa
  4. #e8e9fe
  5. #ecedfe

Shades

#9fa6fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9fa6fa
  2. #8f95e1
  3. #7f85c8
  4. #6f74af
  5. #5f6496
  6. #50537d
  7. #404264
  8. #30324b
  9. #202132
  10. #101119
  11. #000000

Tints

#9fa6fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9fa6fa
  2. #a9affb
  3. #b2b8fb
  4. #bcc1fc
  5. #c5cafc
  6. #cfd3fd
  7. #d9dbfd
  8. #e2e4fe
  9. #ecedfe
  10. #f5f6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9fa6fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9fa6fa
  2. #9ca2ee
  3. #999ee2
  4. #969bd5
  5. #9397c9
  6. #9093bd
  7. #8c8fb1
  8. #898ba5
  9. #868898
  10. #83848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.26:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.31:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #adadad ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a7aad0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8bb0fd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #86a9f8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #85b6c5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #93acfc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #91a8f9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #90b0dc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9fa6fa {
  color: #9fa6fa;
}
Background
.bg-9fa6fa {
  background-color: #9fa6fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9fa6fa {
  border: 2px solid #9fa6fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9fa6fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 159 166 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 235 90% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9fa6fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9fa6fa, #c69ffa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9fa6fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(159 166 250 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.22 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.16 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 10.96 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 11.66 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 11.85 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 12.63 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 13.87 #605905 Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#9fa6fa  rgb(159, 166, 250)  hsl(235, 90%, 80%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#faf39f  rgb(250, 243, 159)  hsl(55, 90%, 80%)  Khaki
#fa9fa6  rgb(250, 159, 166)  hsl(355, 90%, 80%)  Salmon Pink
#a6fa9f  rgb(166, 250, 159)  hsl(115, 90%, 80%)  Pale Green