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#97AFFE

#97affe ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#97affe is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 59.22% red, 68.63% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 40.55% cyan, 31.1% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 226.02°, with 98.1% saturation and 79.41% 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 9.88:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 8.82.

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Relative luminance0.444

Complementary

  1. #97affe
  2. #fee697

Split complementary

  1. #97affe
  2. #feb297
  3. #e2fe97

Analogous

  1. #97e2fe
  2. #97affe
  3. #b297fe

Triadic

  1. #97affe
  2. #fe97af
  3. #affe97

Tetradic

  1. #97affe
  2. #e697fe
  3. #fee697
  4. #affe97

Square

  1. #97affe
  2. #fe97e2
  3. #fee697
  4. #97feb2

Monochromatic

  1. #023cfa
  2. #4b75fd
  3. #97affe
  4. #e3e9ff
  5. #ebefff

Shades

#97affe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #97affe
  2. #889ee5
  3. #798ccb
  4. #6a7bb2
  5. #5b6998
  6. #4c587f
  7. #3c4666
  8. #2d354c
  9. #1e2333
  10. #0f1219
  11. #000000

Tints

#97affe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #97affe
  2. #a1b7fe
  3. #acbffe
  4. #b6c7fe
  5. #c1cffe
  6. #cbd7ff
  7. #d5dfff
  8. #e0e7ff
  9. #eaefff
  10. #f5f7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#97affe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #97affe
  2. #95aaf1
  3. #92a6e5
  4. #90a1d8
  5. #8e9ccc
  6. #8c98bf
  7. #8993b2
  8. #878ea6
  9. #858999
  10. #82858d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.13:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.88:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b2b2b2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a8b1d5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #94b7ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8baefc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #75bfcb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #95b4ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #90aefd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #84b9e1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-97affe {
  color: #97affe;
}
Background
.bg-97affe {
  background-color: #97affe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-97affe {
  border: 2px solid #97affe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #97affe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 151 175 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 226 98% 79%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-97affe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #97affe, #b297fe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-97affe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(151 175 254 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.82 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.24 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.43 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.63 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 11.30 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 12.17 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 12.17 #685001 Inverted #b2b2b2 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#97affe  rgb(151, 175, 254)  hsl(226, 98%, 79%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#fee697  rgb(254, 230, 151)  hsl(46, 98%, 79%)  Jasmine
#fe97af  rgb(254, 151, 175)  hsl(346, 98%, 79%)  Flamingo Pink
#affe97  rgb(175, 254, 151)  hsl(106, 98%, 79%)  Mint Green