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#9FA8CB

#9fa8cb ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#9fa8cb is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 62.35% red, 65.88% green and 79.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 21.67% cyan, 17.24% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.39% black. Its hue angle is 227.73°, with 29.73% saturation and 70.98% 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 8.94:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 1.53.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.3969

Complementary

  1. #9fa8cb
  2. #cbc29f

Split complementary

  1. #9fa8cb
  2. #cbac9f
  3. #becb9f

Analogous

  1. #9fbecb
  2. #9fa8cb
  3. #ac9fcb

Triadic

  1. #9fa8cb
  2. #cb9fa8
  3. #a8cb9f

Tetradic

  1. #9fa8cb
  2. #c29fcb
  3. #cbc29f
  4. #a8cb9f

Square

  1. #9fa8cb
  2. #cb9fbe
  3. #cbc29f
  4. #9fcbac

Monochromatic

  1. #495688
  2. #6d7bb0
  3. #9fa8cb
  4. #d1d5e6
  5. #f2f3f8

Shades

#9fa8cb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9fa8cb
  2. #8f97b7
  3. #7f86a2
  4. #6f768e
  5. #5f657a
  6. #505466
  7. #404351
  8. #30323d
  9. #202229
  10. #101114
  11. #000000

Tints

#9fa8cb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9fa8cb
  2. #a9b1d0
  3. #b2b9d5
  4. #bcc2db
  5. #c5cbe0
  6. #cfd4e5
  7. #d9dcea
  8. #e2e5ef
  9. #eceef5
  10. #f5f6fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9fa8cb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9fa8cb
  2. #9ca4c4
  3. #99a0bc
  4. #969cb5
  5. #9398ad
  6. #9094a6
  7. #8c909e
  8. #898c97
  9. #86888f
  10. #838488
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.35:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.94:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a9a9a9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a5a9b8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9eabcd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9ba7ca ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #95aeb4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9eaacc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9da8ca ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #99acbd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9fa8cb {
  color: #9fa8cb;
}
Background
.bg-9fa8cb {
  background-color: #9fa8cb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9fa8cb {
  border: 2px solid #9fa8cb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9fa8cb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 159 168 203;
  --color-primary-hsl: 228 30% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9fa8cb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9fa8cb, #ac9fcb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9fa8cb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(159 168 203 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 1.53 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 7.38 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.22 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 11.16 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 12.02 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 12.45 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 12.61 #605734 Inverted #a9a9a9 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#9fa8cb  rgb(159, 168, 203)  hsl(228, 30%, 71%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#cbc29f  rgb(203, 194, 159)  hsl(48, 30%, 71%)  Sage
#cb9fa8  rgb(203, 159, 168)  hsl(348, 30%, 71%)  Pastel Pink
#a8cb9f  rgb(168, 203, 159)  hsl(108, 30%, 71%)  Dark Sea Green