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#9FACDC

#9facdc ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#9facdc is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 62.35% red, 67.45% green and 86.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 27.73% cyan, 21.82% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 227.21°, with 46.56% saturation and 74.31% 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 9.41:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 3.18.

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Relative luminance0.4204

Complementary

  1. #9facdc
  2. #dccf9f

Split complementary

  1. #9facdc
  2. #dcb09f
  3. #cadc9f

Analogous

  1. #9fcadc
  2. #9facdc
  3. #b09fdc

Triadic

  1. #9facdc
  2. #dc9fac
  3. #acdc9f

Tetradic

  1. #9facdc
  2. #cf9fdc
  3. #dccf9f
  4. #acdc9f

Square

  1. #9facdc
  2. #dc9fca
  3. #dccf9f
  4. #9fdcb0

Monochromatic

  1. #3c53a6
  2. #677cc8
  3. #9facdc
  4. #d7dcf0
  5. #f0f2fa

Shades

#9facdc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9facdc
  2. #8f9bc6
  3. #7f8ab0
  4. #6f789a
  5. #5f6784
  6. #50566e
  7. #404558
  8. #303442
  9. #20222c
  10. #101116
  11. #000000

Tints

#9facdc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9facdc
  2. #a9b4e0
  3. #b2bde3
  4. #bcc5e7
  5. #c5cdea
  6. #cfd6ee
  7. #d9def1
  8. #e2e6f5
  9. #eceef8
  10. #f5f7fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9facdc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9facdc
  2. #9ca8d3
  3. #99a3ca
  4. #969fc0
  5. #939ab7
  6. #9096ae
  7. #8c92a5
  8. #898d9c
  9. #868992
  10. #838489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.23:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.41:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #adadad ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a8adc2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9eb0de ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #99abdb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #8fb5bc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9eafdd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9cacdb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #96b2ca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9facdc {
  color: #9facdc;
}
Background
.bg-9facdc {
  background-color: #9facdc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9facdc {
  border: 2px solid #9facdc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9facdc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 159 172 220;
  --color-primary-hsl: 227 47% 74%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9facdc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9facdc, #b09fdc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9facdc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(159 172 220 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 3.18 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 8.88 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 9.80 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 10.19 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 11.42 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 12.27 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 13.53 #605323 Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#9facdc  rgb(159, 172, 220)  hsl(227, 47%, 74%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#dccf9f  rgb(220, 207, 159)  hsl(47, 47%, 74%)  Vanilla
#dc9fac  rgb(220, 159, 172)  hsl(347, 47%, 74%)  Pastel Pink
#acdc9f  rgb(172, 220, 159)  hsl(107, 47%, 74%)  Granny Smith Apple