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#999DFD

#999dfd ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#999dfd is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 60% red, 61.57% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 39.53% cyan, 37.94% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 237.6°, with 96.15% saturation and 79.61% 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 8.6:1 (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 luminance0.3798

Complementary

  1. #999dfd
  2. #fdf999

Split complementary

  1. #999dfd
  2. #fdc799
  3. #cffd99

Analogous

  1. #99cffd
  2. #999dfd
  3. #c799fd

Triadic

  1. #999dfd
  2. #fd999d
  3. #9dfd99

Tetradic

  1. #999dfd
  2. #f999fd
  3. #fdf999
  4. #9dfd99

Square

  1. #999dfd
  2. #fd99cf
  3. #fdf999
  4. #99fdc7

Monochromatic

  1. #050ff8
  2. #4e55fc
  3. #999dfd
  4. #e4e5fe
  5. #ebecff

Shades

#999dfd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #999dfd
  2. #8a8de4
  3. #7a7eca
  4. #6b6eb1
  5. #5c5e98
  6. #4d4f7f
  7. #3d3f65
  8. #2e2f4c
  9. #1f1f33
  10. #0f1019
  11. #000000

Tints

#999dfd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #999dfd
  2. #a3a7fd
  3. #adb1fd
  4. #b8bafe
  5. #c2c4fe
  6. #cccefe
  7. #d6d8fe
  8. #e0e2fe
  9. #ebebff
  10. #f5f5ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#999dfd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #999dfd
  2. #979af1
  3. #9497e4
  4. #9294d8
  5. #8f91cb
  6. #8d8fbf
  7. #8a8cb2
  8. #8889a6
  9. #858699
  10. #83838d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.44:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.6:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a1a2cf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7ca9ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #77a2fb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #7bb0c1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #89a5ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #86a0fc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #88a9dc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-999dfd {
  color: #999dfd;
}
Background
.bg-999dfd {
  background-color: #999dfd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-999dfd {
  border: 2px solid #999dfd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #999dfd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 153 157 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 238 96% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-999dfd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #999dfd, #c799fd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-999dfd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(153 157 253 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.85 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 10.06 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 11.63 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 11.71 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 11.82 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 13.90 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 13.91 #666202 Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#999dfd  rgb(153, 157, 253)  hsl(238, 96%, 80%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#fdf999  rgb(253, 249, 153)  hsl(58, 96%, 80%)  Pastel Yellow
#fd999d  rgb(253, 153, 157)  hsl(358, 96%, 80%)  Salmon Pink
#9dfd99  rgb(157, 253, 153)  hsl(118, 96%, 80%)  Pale Green