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#A2A8DD

#a2a8dd ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#a2a8dd is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 63.53% red, 65.88% green and 86.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 26.7% cyan, 23.98% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 233.9°, with 46.46% saturation and 75.1% 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 9.18:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 4.34.

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Relative luminance0.4091

Complementary

  1. #a2a8dd
  2. #ddd7a2

Split complementary

  1. #a2a8dd
  2. #ddbaa2
  3. #c6dda2

Analogous

  1. #a2c6dd
  2. #a2a8dd
  3. #baa2dd

Triadic

  1. #a2a8dd
  2. #dda2a8
  3. #a8dda2

Tetradic

  1. #a2a8dd
  2. #d7a2dd
  3. #ddd7a2
  4. #a8dda2

Square

  1. #a2a8dd
  2. #dda2c6
  3. #ddd7a2
  4. #a2ddba

Monochromatic

  1. #3e48a8
  2. #6a74c9
  3. #a2a8dd
  4. #dadcf1
  5. #f0f1fa

Shades

#a2a8dd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a2a8dd
  2. #9297c7
  3. #8286b1
  4. #71769b
  5. #616585
  6. #51546f
  7. #414358
  8. #313242
  9. #20222c
  10. #101116
  11. #000000

Tints

#a2a8dd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a2a8dd
  2. #abb1e0
  3. #b5b9e4
  4. #bec2e7
  5. #c7cbeb
  6. #d1d4ee
  7. #dadcf1
  8. #e3e5f5
  9. #eceef8
  10. #f6f6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a2a8dd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a2a8dd
  2. #9fa4d4
  3. #9ba0ca
  4. #989cc1
  5. #9498b8
  6. #9194af
  7. #8e90a5
  8. #8a8c9c
  9. #878893
  10. #838489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.18:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a8aac1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #99aedf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #96a9dc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #94b2ba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9dabde ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9ba9dc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9aaec9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a2a8dd {
  color: #a2a8dd;
}
Background
.bg-a2a8dd {
  background-color: #a2a8dd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a2a8dd {
  border: 2px solid #a2a8dd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a2a8dd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 162 168 221;
  --color-primary-hsl: 234 46% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a2a8dd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a2a8dd, #baa2dd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a2a8dd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(162 168 221 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 4.34 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 9.86 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 10.22 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.44 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 11.97 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 13.11 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 13.13 #5d5722 Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#a2a8dd  rgb(162, 168, 221)  hsl(234, 46%, 75%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#ddd7a2  rgb(221, 215, 162)  hsl(54, 46%, 75%)  Pale Goldenrod
#dda2a8  rgb(221, 162, 168)  hsl(354, 46%, 75%)  Pastel Pink
#a8dda2  rgb(168, 221, 162)  hsl(114, 46%, 75%)  Granny Smith Apple