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#AD9FFD

#ad9ffd ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#ad9ffd is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.84% red, 62.35% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 31.62% cyan, 37.15% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 248.94°, with 95.92% saturation and 80.78% 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 9.15:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 9.85.

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Web safe#9999ff
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Relative luminance0.4077

Complementary

  1. #ad9ffd
  2. #effd9f

Split complementary

  1. #ad9ffd
  2. #fddc9f
  3. #c0fd9f

Analogous

  1. #9fc0fd
  2. #ad9ffd
  3. #dc9ffd

Triadic

  1. #ad9ffd
  2. #fdad9f
  3. #9ffdad

Tetradic

  1. #ad9ffd
  2. #fd9fef
  3. #effd9f
  4. #9ffdad

Square

  1. #ad9ffd
  2. #fd9fc0
  3. #effd9f
  4. #9ffddc

Monochromatic

  1. #2d09fa
  2. #6d54fb
  3. #ad9ffd
  4. #edeaff
  5. #eeebff

Shades

#ad9ffd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ad9ffd
  2. #9c8fe4
  3. #8a7fca
  4. #796fb1
  5. #685f98
  6. #57507f
  7. #454065
  8. #34304c
  9. #232033
  10. #111019
  11. #000000

Tints

#ad9ffd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ad9ffd
  2. #b5a9fd
  3. #bdb2fd
  4. #c6bcfe
  5. #cec5fe
  6. #d6cffe
  7. #ded9fe
  8. #e6e2fe
  9. #efecff
  10. #f7f5ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ad9ffd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ad9ffd
  2. #a99cf1
  3. #a499e4
  4. #a096d8
  5. #9b93cb
  6. #9790bf
  7. #928cb2
  8. #8e89a6
  9. #898699
  10. #85838d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.15:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aca6d1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #83adff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #83a9fb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9ab0c2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #96a8ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #96a5fc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a2aadc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ad9ffd {
  color: #ad9ffd;
}
Background
.bg-ad9ffd {
  background-color: #ad9ffd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ad9ffd {
  border: 2px solid #ad9ffd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ad9ffd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 173 159 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 249 96% 81%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ad9ffd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ad9ffd, #dc9ffd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ad9ffd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(173 159 253 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.85 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 11.03 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 11.15 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 11.16 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 11.61 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 12.52 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 13.60 #526002 Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#ad9ffd  rgb(173, 159, 253)  hsl(249, 96%, 81%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#effd9f  rgb(239, 253, 159)  hsl(69, 96%, 81%)  Pastel Yellow
#fdad9f  rgb(253, 173, 159)  hsl(9, 96%, 81%)  Vivid Tangerine
#9ffdad  rgb(159, 253, 173)  hsl(129, 96%, 81%)  Pale Green