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#9FA8FF

#9fa8ff ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#9fa8ff is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 62.35% red, 65.88% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 37.65% cyan, 34.12% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 234.38°, with 100% saturation and 81.18% 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 9.52:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 8.6.

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Web safe#9999ff
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Relative luminance0.426

Complementary

  1. #9fa8ff
  2. #fff69f

Split complementary

  1. #9fa8ff
  2. #ffc69f
  3. #d8ff9f

Analogous

  1. #9fd8ff
  2. #9fa8ff
  3. #c69fff

Triadic

  1. #9fa8ff
  2. #ff9fa8
  3. #a8ff9f

Tetradic

  1. #9fa8ff
  2. #f69fff
  3. #fff69f
  4. #a8ff9f

Square

  1. #9fa8ff
  2. #ff9fd8
  3. #fff69f
  4. #9fffc6

Monochromatic

  1. #061dff
  2. #5363ff
  3. #9fa8ff
  4. #ebedff
  5. #ebedff

Shades

#9fa8ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9fa8ff
  2. #8f97e6
  3. #7f86cc
  4. #6f76b3
  5. #5f6599
  6. #505480
  7. #404366
  8. #30324d
  9. #202233
  10. #10111a
  11. #000000

Tints

#9fa8ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9fa8ff
  2. #a9b1ff
  3. #b2b9ff
  4. #bcc2ff
  5. #c5cbff
  6. #cfd4ff
  7. #d9dcff
  8. #e2e5ff
  9. #eceeff
  10. #f5f6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9fa8ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9fa8ff
  2. #9ca4f2
  3. #99a0e6
  4. #969cd9
  5. #9398cc
  6. #9094c0
  7. #8c90b3
  8. #898ca6
  9. #868899
  10. #83848d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.21:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.52:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aeaeae ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a9acd4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8bb2ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #85abfd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #83b9c8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #94aeff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #90aafe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8fb2e0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9fa8ff {
  color: #9fa8ff;
}
Background
.bg-9fa8ff {
  background-color: #9fa8ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9fa8ff {
  border: 2px solid #9fa8ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9fa8ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 159 168 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 234 100% 81%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9fa8ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9fa8ff, #c69fff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9fa8ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(159 168 255 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.60 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.89 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 10.86 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 11.42 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 11.84 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 12.57 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 13.50 #605700 Inverted #aeaeae Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#9fa8ff  rgb(159, 168, 255)  hsl(234, 100%, 81%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#fff69f  rgb(255, 246, 159)  hsl(54, 100%, 81%)  Pastel Yellow
#ff9fa8  rgb(255, 159, 168)  hsl(354, 100%, 81%)  Salmon Pink
#a8ff9f  rgb(168, 255, 159)  hsl(114, 100%, 81%)  Pale Green