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#8FAAEC

#8faaec ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8faaec is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 56.08% red, 66.67% green and 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 39.41% cyan, 27.97% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 222.58°, with 70.99% 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 9.13:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 7.73.

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Relative luminance0.4065

Complementary

  1. #8faaec
  2. #ecd18f

Split complementary

  1. #8faaec
  2. #eca28f
  3. #d8ec8f

Analogous

  1. #8fd8ec
  2. #8faaec
  3. #a28fec

Triadic

  1. #8faaec
  2. #ec8faa
  3. #aaec8f

Tetradic

  1. #8faaec
  2. #d18fec
  3. #ecd18f
  4. #aaec8f

Square

  1. #8faaec
  2. #ec8fd8
  3. #ecd18f
  4. #8feca2

Monochromatic

  1. #214fc1
  2. #4e78e1
  3. #8faaec
  4. #d0dcf7
  5. #eef2fc

Shades

#8faaec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8faaec
  2. #8199d4
  3. #7288bd
  4. #6477a5
  5. #56668e
  6. #485576
  7. #39445e
  8. #2b3347
  9. #1d222f
  10. #0e1118
  11. #000000

Tints

#8faaec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8faaec
  2. #9ab3ee
  3. #a5bbf0
  4. #b1c4f2
  5. #bcccf4
  6. #c7d5f6
  7. #d2ddf7
  8. #dde6f9
  9. #e9eefb
  10. #f4f7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8faaec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8faaec
  2. #8ea6e1
  3. #8ca2d6
  4. #8b9dcc
  5. #8999c1
  6. #8895b6
  7. #8691ab
  8. #858da0
  9. #838896
  10. #82848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.13:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a0abc8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #93afef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8aa7ea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #71b8c1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #92adee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8ca8eb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7eb2d4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8faaec {
  color: #8faaec;
}
Background
.bg-8faaec {
  background-color: #8faaec;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8faaec {
  border: 2px solid #8faaec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8faaec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 143 170 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 223 71% 74%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8faaec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8faaec, #a28fec);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8faaec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(143 170 236 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.73 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.88 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.99 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.52 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.82 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 11.44 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 11.84 #705513 Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#8faaec  rgb(143, 170, 236)  hsl(223, 71%, 74%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#ecd18f  rgb(236, 209, 143)  hsl(43, 71%, 74%)  Buff
#ec8faa  rgb(236, 143, 170)  hsl(343, 71%, 74%)  Flamingo Pink
#aaec8f  rgb(170, 236, 143)  hsl(103, 71%, 74%)  Light Green