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#A4B4E4

#a4b4e4 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#a4b4e4 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 64.31% red, 70.59% green and 89.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 28.07% cyan, 21.05% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 225°, with 54.24% saturation and 76.86% 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 10.23:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 3.95.

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Relative luminance0.4614

Complementary

  1. #a4b4e4
  2. #e4d4a4

Split complementary

  1. #a4b4e4
  2. #e4b4a4
  3. #d4e4a4

Analogous

  1. #a4d4e4
  2. #a4b4e4
  3. #b4a4e4

Triadic

  1. #a4b4e4
  2. #e4a4b4
  3. #b4e4a4

Tetradic

  1. #a4b4e4
  2. #d4a4e4
  3. #e4d4a4
  4. #b4e4a4

Square

  1. #a4b4e4
  2. #e4a4d4
  3. #e4d4a4
  4. #a4e4b4

Monochromatic

  1. #3757b8
  2. #6983d2
  3. #a4b4e4
  4. #dfe5f6
  5. #eff2fa

Shades

#a4b4e4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a4b4e4
  2. #94a2cd
  3. #8390b6
  4. #737ea0
  5. #626c89
  6. #525a72
  7. #42485b
  8. #313644
  9. #21242e
  10. #101217
  11. #000000

Tints

#a4b4e4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a4b4e4
  2. #adbce7
  3. #b6c3e9
  4. #bfcbec
  5. #c8d2ef
  6. #d2daf2
  7. #dbe1f4
  8. #e4e9f7
  9. #edf0fa
  10. #f6f8fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a4b4e4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a4b4e4
  2. #a0afda
  3. #9daad0
  4. #99a4c6
  5. #969fbc
  6. #929ab2
  7. #8e95a8
  8. #8b909e
  9. #878a94
  10. #84858a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.05:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.23:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b5b5b5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aeb5c9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a5b8e6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a0b2e3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #93bdc4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a5b6e5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a2b3e3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9abad2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a4b4e4 {
  color: #a4b4e4;
}
Background
.bg-a4b4e4 {
  background-color: #a4b4e4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a4b4e4 {
  border: 2px solid #a4b4e4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a4b4e4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 164 180 228;
  --color-primary-hsl: 225 54% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a4b4e4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a4b4e4, #b4a4e4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a4b4e4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(164 180 228 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 3.95 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.30 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.44 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 11.42 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 12.03 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 12.66 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 12.94 #5b4b1b Inverted #b5b5b5 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#a4b4e4  rgb(164, 180, 228)  hsl(225, 54%, 77%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#e4d4a4  rgb(228, 212, 164)  hsl(45, 54%, 77%)  Wheat
#e4a4b4  rgb(228, 164, 180)  hsl(345, 54%, 77%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#b4e4a4  rgb(180, 228, 164)  hsl(105, 54%, 77%)  Granny Smith Apple