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#A0A0BF

#a0a0bf ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#a0a0bf is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 62.75% red, 62.75% green and 74.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 16.23% cyan, 16.23% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 240°, with 19.5% saturation and 68.82% 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 8.28:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 5.45.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.3638

Complementary

  1. #a0a0bf
  2. #bfbfa0

Split complementary

  1. #a0a0bf
  2. #bfafa0
  3. #afbfa0

Analogous

  1. #a0afbf
  2. #a0a0bf
  3. #afa0bf

Triadic

  1. #a0a0bf
  2. #bfa0a0
  3. #a0bfa0

Tetradic

  1. #a0a0bf
  2. #bfa0bf
  3. #bfbfa0
  4. #a0bfa0

Square

  1. #a0a0bf
  2. #bfa0af
  3. #bfbfa0
  4. #a0bfaf

Monochromatic

  1. #505076
  2. #7272a0
  3. #a0a0bf
  4. #cecede
  5. #f3f3f7

Shades

#a0a0bf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a0a0bf
  2. #9090ac
  3. #808099
  4. #707086
  5. #606073
  6. #505060
  7. #40404c
  8. #303039
  9. #202026
  10. #101013
  11. #000000

Tints

#a0a0bf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a0a0bf
  2. #aaaac5
  3. #b3b3cc
  4. #bdbdd2
  5. #c6c6d9
  6. #d0d0df
  7. #d9d9e5
  8. #e3e3ec
  9. #ececf2
  10. #f6f6f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a0a0bf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a0a0bf
  2. #9d9db9
  3. #9a9ab2
  4. #9696ac
  5. #9393a6
  6. #9090a0
  7. #8d8d99
  8. #8a8a93
  9. #86868d
  10. #838386
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.54:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.28:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a2a2af ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #99a3c0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #98a2be ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9aa5aa ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9ca2c0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9ba1be ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9ca3b3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a0a0bf {
  color: #a0a0bf;
}
Background
.bg-a0a0bf {
  background-color: #a0a0bf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a0a0bf {
  border: 2px solid #a0a0bf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a0a0bf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 160 160 191;
  --color-primary-hsl: 240 20% 69%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a0a0bf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a0a0bf, #afa0bf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a0a0bf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(160 160 191 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 5.45 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 5.88 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 8.30 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 8.59 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 12.13 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 12.22 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 12.62 #5f5f40 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#a0a0bf  rgb(160, 160, 191)  hsl(240, 20%, 69%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#bfbfa0  rgb(191, 191, 160)  hsl(60, 20%, 69%)  Sage
#bfa0a0  rgb(191, 160, 160)  hsl(0, 20%, 69%)  Silver Pink
#a0bfa0  rgb(160, 191, 160)  hsl(120, 20%, 69%)  Dark Sea Green