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#9FA7EF

#9fa7ef ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#9fa7ef is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 62.35% red, 65.49% green and 93.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 33.47% cyan, 30.13% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 234°, with 71.43% saturation and 78.04% 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 soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.25:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 6.8.

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Web safe#9999ff
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Relative luminance0.4124

Complementary

  1. #9fa7ef
  2. #efe79f

Split complementary

  1. #9fa7ef
  2. #efbf9f
  3. #cfef9f

Analogous

  1. #9fcfef
  2. #9fa7ef
  3. #bf9fef

Triadic

  1. #9fa7ef
  2. #ef9fa7
  3. #a7ef9f

Tetradic

  1. #9fa7ef
  2. #e79fef
  3. #efe79f
  4. #a7ef9f

Square

  1. #9fa7ef
  2. #ef9fcf
  3. #efe79f
  4. #9fefbf

Monochromatic

  1. #2334d2
  2. #5d6be4
  3. #9fa7ef
  4. #e1e3fa
  5. #eeeffc

Shades

#9fa7ef mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9fa7ef
  2. #8f96d7
  3. #7f86bf
  4. #6f75a7
  5. #5f648f
  6. #505478
  7. #404360
  8. #303248
  9. #202130
  10. #101118
  11. #000000

Tints

#9fa7ef mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9fa7ef
  2. #a9b0f1
  3. #b2b9f2
  4. #bcc1f4
  5. #c5caf5
  6. #cfd3f7
  7. #d9dcf9
  8. #e2e5fa
  9. #ecedfc
  10. #f5f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9fa7ef mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9fa7ef
  2. #9ca3e4
  3. #999fd9
  4. #969bce
  5. #9397c3
  6. #9094b8
  7. #8c90ac
  8. #898ca1
  9. #868896
  10. #83848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.27:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.25:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #acacac ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a7aaca ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #91aff2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8ca9ed ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #89b5c1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #97acf1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #94a8ee ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #92afd5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9fa7ef {
  color: #9fa7ef;
}
Background
.bg-9fa7ef {
  background-color: #9fa7ef;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9fa7ef {
  border: 2px solid #9fa7ef;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9fa7ef;
  --color-primary-rgb: 159 167 239;
  --color-primary-hsl: 234 71% 78%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9fa7ef {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9fa7ef, #bf9fef);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9fa7ef {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(159 167 239 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.80 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.08 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 11.01 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 11.29 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 11.74 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 12.58 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 12.84 #605810 Inverted #acacac Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#9fa7ef  rgb(159, 167, 239)  hsl(234, 71%, 78%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#efe79f  rgb(239, 231, 159)  hsl(54, 71%, 78%)  Pale Goldenrod
#ef9fa7  rgb(239, 159, 167)  hsl(354, 71%, 78%)  Salmon Pink
#a7ef9f  rgb(167, 239, 159)  hsl(114, 71%, 78%)  Granny Smith Apple