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#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#a2add0 (Wild Blue Yonder) is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 63.53% red, 67.84% green and 81.57% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 22.12% cyan, 16.83% magenta, 0% yellow and 18.43% black. Its hue angle is 225.65°, with 32.86% saturation and 72.55% 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 9.42:1 (WCAG AAA).

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.4212

Complementary

  1. #a2add0
  2. #d0c5a2

Split complementary

  1. #a2add0
  2. #d0aea2
  3. #c4d0a2

Analogous

  1. #a2c4d0
  2. #a2add0
  3. #aea2d0

Triadic

  1. #a2add0
  2. #d0a2ad
  3. #add0a2

Tetradic

  1. #a2add0
  2. #c5a2d0
  3. #d0c5a2
  4. #add0a2

Square

  1. #a2add0
  2. #d0a2c4
  3. #d0c5a2
  4. #a2d0ae

Monochromatic

  1. #495a90
  2. #6f80b6
  3. #a2add0
  4. #d5daea
  5. #f1f3f8

Shades

#a2add0 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a2add0
  2. #929cbb
  3. #828aa6
  4. #717992
  5. #61687d
  6. #515768
  7. #414553
  8. #31343e
  9. #20232a
  10. #101115
  11. #000000

Tints

#a2add0 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a2add0
  2. #abb5d5
  3. #b5bdd9
  4. #bec6de
  5. #c7cee3
  6. #d1d6e8
  7. #dadeec
  8. #e3e6f1
  9. #eceff6
  10. #f6f7fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a2add0 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a2add0
  2. #9fa9c8
  3. #9ba4c0
  4. #98a0b8
  5. #949bb0
  6. #9197a8
  7. #8e92a0
  8. #8a8e98
  9. #878990
  10. #838588
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.23:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.42:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aeaeae ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a9adbc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a3b0d2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9faccf ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #97b4b9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a3afd1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a0accf ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9bb1c2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a2add0 {
  color: #a2add0;
}
Background
.bg-a2add0 {
  background-color: #a2add0;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a2add0 {
  border: 2px solid #a2add0;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a2add0;
  --color-primary-rgb: 162 173 208;
  --color-primary-hsl: 226 33% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a2add0 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a2add0, #aea2d0);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a2add0 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(162 173 208 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.79 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 8.69 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 10.16 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 12.16 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 13.00 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 13.22 #5d522f Inverted #aeaeae Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#a2add0  rgb(162, 173, 208)  hsl(226, 33%, 73%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#d0c5a2  rgb(208, 197, 162)  hsl(46, 33%, 73%)  Sage
#d0a2ad  rgb(208, 162, 173)  hsl(346, 33%, 73%)  Pastel Pink
#add0a2  rgb(173, 208, 162)  hsl(106, 33%, 73%)  Celadon