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#A3ABC7

#a3abc7 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#a3abc7 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 63.92% red, 67.06% green and 78.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 18.09% cyan, 14.07% magenta, 0% yellow and 21.96% black. Its hue angle is 226.67°, with 24.32% saturation and 70.98% 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 9.21:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 2.29.

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Relative luminance0.4104

Complementary

  1. #a3abc7
  2. #c7bfa3

Split complementary

  1. #a3abc7
  2. #c7ada3
  3. #bdc7a3

Analogous

  1. #a3bdc7
  2. #a3abc7
  3. #ada3c7

Triadic

  1. #a3abc7
  2. #c7a3ab
  3. #abc7a3

Tetradic

  1. #a3abc7
  2. #bfa3c7
  3. #c7bfa3
  4. #abc7a3

Square

  1. #a3abc7
  2. #c7a3bd
  3. #c7bfa3
  4. #a3c7ad

Monochromatic

  1. #4f5a82
  2. #7380aa
  3. #a3abc7
  4. #d3d6e4
  5. #f2f3f7

Shades

#a3abc7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a3abc7
  2. #939ab3
  3. #82899f
  4. #72788b
  5. #626777
  6. #525664
  7. #414450
  8. #31333c
  9. #212228
  10. #101114
  11. #000000

Tints

#a3abc7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a3abc7
  2. #acb3cd
  3. #b5bcd2
  4. #bfc4d8
  5. #c8cddd
  6. #d1d5e3
  7. #dadde9
  8. #e3e6ee
  9. #edeef4
  10. #f6f7f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a3abc7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a3abc7
  2. #a0a7c0
  3. #9ca2b9
  4. #999eb2
  5. #959aab
  6. #9296a4
  7. #8e919c
  8. #8b8d95
  9. #87898e
  10. #848487
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.28:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.21:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #acacac ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a8abb7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a3adc8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a1aac6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9bb0b4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a3acc8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a2abc7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9eaebc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a3abc7 {
  color: #a3abc7;
}
Background
.bg-a3abc7 {
  background-color: #a3abc7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a3abc7 {
  border: 2px solid #a3abc7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a3abc7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 163 171 199;
  --color-primary-hsl: 227 24% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a3abc7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a3abc7, #ada3c7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a3abc7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(163 171 199 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 2.29 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 7.66 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 8.08 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 11.43 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 11.72 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 11.72 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 11.77 #5c5438 Inverted #acacac Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#a3abc7  rgb(163, 171, 199)  hsl(227, 24%, 71%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#c7bfa3  rgb(199, 191, 163)  hsl(47, 24%, 71%)  Sage
#c7a3ab  rgb(199, 163, 171)  hsl(347, 24%, 71%)  Silver Pink
#abc7a3  rgb(171, 199, 163)  hsl(107, 24%, 71%)  Dark Sea Green