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#A3A3BA

#a3a3ba ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#a3a3ba is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 63.92% red, 63.92% green and 72.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 12.37% cyan, 12.37% magenta, 0% yellow and 27.06% black. Its hue angle is 240°, with 14.29% saturation and 68.43% 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 8.51:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 5.96.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.3753

Complementary

  1. #a3a3ba
  2. #babaa3

Split complementary

  1. #a3a3ba
  2. #baaea3
  3. #aebaa3

Analogous

  1. #a3aeba
  2. #a3a3ba
  3. #aea3ba

Triadic

  1. #a3a3ba
  2. #baa3a3
  3. #a3baa3

Tetradic

  1. #a3a3ba
  2. #baa3ba
  3. #babaa3
  4. #a3baa3

Square

  1. #a3a3ba
  2. #baa3ae
  3. #babaa3
  4. #a3baae

Monochromatic

  1. #545470
  2. #777799
  3. #a3a3ba
  4. #cfcfdb
  5. #f3f3f6

Shades

#a3a3ba mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a3a3ba
  2. #9393a7
  3. #828295
  4. #727282
  5. #626270
  6. #52525d
  7. #41414a
  8. #313138
  9. #212125
  10. #101013
  11. #000000

Tints

#a3a3ba mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a3a3ba
  2. #acacc1
  3. #b5b5c8
  4. #bfbfcf
  5. #c8c8d6
  6. #d1d1dd
  7. #dadae3
  8. #e3e3ea
  9. #ededf1
  10. #f6f6f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a3a3ba mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a3a3ba
  2. #a0a0b4
  3. #9c9cae
  4. #9999a9
  5. #9595a3
  6. #92929d
  7. #8e8e97
  8. #8b8b91
  9. #87878c
  10. #848486
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.47:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.51:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a5a5a5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a4a4ae ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9ea5bb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9da4b9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9ea7aa ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a0a4bb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a0a4ba ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a0a5b1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a3a3ba {
  color: #a3a3ba;
}
Background
.bg-a3a3ba {
  background-color: #a3a3ba;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a3a3ba {
  border: 2px solid #a3a3ba;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a3a3ba;
  --color-primary-rgb: 163 163 186;
  --color-primary-hsl: 240 14% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a3a3ba {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a3a3ba, #aea3ba);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a3a3ba {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(163 163 186 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 5.96 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 6.24 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 7.87 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 8.14 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 10.54 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 10.54 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 11.64 #5c5c45 Inverted #a5a5a5 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#a3a3ba  rgb(163, 163, 186)  hsl(240, 14%, 68%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#babaa3  rgb(186, 186, 163)  hsl(60, 14%, 68%)  Sage
#baa3a3  rgb(186, 163, 163)  hsl(0, 14%, 68%)  Silver Pink
#a3baa3  rgb(163, 186, 163)  hsl(120, 14%, 68%)  Opal