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#A4AFDA

#a4afda ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#a4afda is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 64.31% red, 68.63% green and 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 24.77% cyan, 19.72% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 227.78°, with 42.19% saturation and 74.9% 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 9.72:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 2.17.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.4361

Complementary

  1. #a4afda
  2. #dacfa4

Split complementary

  1. #a4afda
  2. #dab4a4
  3. #cadaa4

Analogous

  1. #a4cada
  2. #a4afda
  3. #b4a4da

Triadic

  1. #a4afda
  2. #daa4af
  3. #afdaa4

Tetradic

  1. #a4afda
  2. #cfa4da
  3. #dacfa4
  4. #afdaa4

Square

  1. #a4afda
  2. #daa4ca
  3. #dacfa4
  4. #a4dab4

Monochromatic

  1. #4256a3
  2. #6e7fc4
  3. #a4afda
  4. #dadff0
  5. #f0f2f9

Shades

#a4afda mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a4afda
  2. #949ec4
  3. #838cae
  4. #737b99
  5. #626983
  6. #52586d
  7. #424657
  8. #313541
  9. #21232c
  10. #101216
  11. #000000

Tints

#a4afda mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a4afda
  2. #adb7de
  3. #b6bfe1
  4. #bfc7e5
  5. #c8cfe9
  6. #d2d7ed
  7. #dbdff0
  8. #e4e7f4
  9. #edeff8
  10. #f6f7fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a4afda mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a4afda
  2. #a0aad1
  3. #9da6c8
  4. #99a1bf
  5. #969cb6
  6. #9298ad
  7. #8e93a4
  8. #8b8e9b
  9. #878992
  10. #848589
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.16:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.72:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b0b0b0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #acb0c2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a3b3dc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9faed9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #97b7bd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a3b1db ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a1afd9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9cb4c9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a4afda {
  color: #a4afda;
}
Background
.bg-a4afda {
  background-color: #a4afda;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a4afda {
  border: 2px solid #a4afda;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a4afda;
  --color-primary-rgb: 164 175 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 228 42% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a4afda {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a4afda, #b4a4da);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a4afda {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(164 175 218 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 2.17 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 8.26 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.89 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 10.16 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 12.40 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 13.51 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 13.52 #5b5025 Inverted #b0b0b0 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#a4afda  rgb(164, 175, 218)  hsl(228, 42%, 75%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#dacfa4  rgb(218, 207, 164)  hsl(48, 42%, 75%)  Wheat
#daa4af  rgb(218, 164, 175)  hsl(348, 42%, 75%)  Pastel Pink
#afdaa4  rgb(175, 218, 164)  hsl(108, 42%, 75%)  Celadon