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#9FB6E6

#9fb6e6 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#9fb6e6 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 62.35% red, 71.37% green and 90.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 30.87% cyan, 20.87% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 220.56°, with 58.68% saturation and 76.27% 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 10.31:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 5.21.

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Web safe#99ccff
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Relative luminance0.4654

Complementary

  1. #9fb6e6
  2. #e6cf9f

Split complementary

  1. #9fb6e6
  2. #e6ab9f
  3. #d9e69f

Analogous

  1. #9fd9e6
  2. #9fb6e6
  3. #ab9fe6

Triadic

  1. #9fb6e6
  2. #e69fb6
  3. #b6e69f

Tetradic

  1. #9fb6e6
  2. #cf9fe6
  3. #e6cf9f
  4. #b6e69f

Square

  1. #9fb6e6
  2. #e69fd9
  3. #e6cf9f
  4. #9fe6ab

Monochromatic

  1. #315ebb
  2. #6288d6
  3. #9fb6e6
  4. #dce4f6
  5. #eff3fb

Shades

#9fb6e6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9fb6e6
  2. #8fa4cf
  3. #7f92b8
  4. #6f7fa1
  5. #5f6d8a
  6. #505b73
  7. #40495c
  8. #303745
  9. #20242e
  10. #101217
  11. #000000

Tints

#9fb6e6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9fb6e6
  2. #a9bde9
  3. #b2c5eb
  4. #bcccee
  5. #c5d3f0
  6. #cfdbf3
  7. #d9e2f5
  8. #e2e9f8
  9. #ecf0fa
  10. #f5f8fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9fb6e6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9fb6e6
  2. #9cb1dc
  3. #99abd2
  4. #96a6c7
  5. #93a0bd
  6. #909bb3
  7. #8c96a9
  8. #89909f
  9. #868b94
  10. #83858a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.04:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.31:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b6b6b6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #adb6cb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a6b9e8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a0b3e5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #8bc0c6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a3b8e7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9fb4e5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #93bcd4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9fb6e6 {
  color: #9fb6e6;
}
Background
.bg-9fb6e6 {
  background-color: #9fb6e6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9fb6e6 {
  border: 2px solid #9fb6e6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9fb6e6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 159 182 230;
  --color-primary-hsl: 221 59% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9fb6e6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9fb6e6, #ab9fe6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9fb6e6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(159 182 230 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 5.21 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 6.56 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 9.65 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.78 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 11.58 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 11.74 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 11.78 #604919 Inverted #b6b6b6 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#9fb6e6  rgb(159, 182, 230)  hsl(221, 59%, 76%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#e6cf9f  rgb(230, 207, 159)  hsl(41, 59%, 76%)  Wheat
#e69fb6  rgb(230, 159, 182)  hsl(341, 59%, 76%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#b6e69f  rgb(182, 230, 159)  hsl(101, 59%, 76%)  Granny Smith Apple