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#A5A5BB

#a5a5bb ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#a5a5bb is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 64.71% red, 64.71% green and 73.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 11.76% cyan, 11.76% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 240°, with 13.92% saturation and 69.02% 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 8.7:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 5.93.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.385

Complementary

  1. #a5a5bb
  2. #bbbba5

Split complementary

  1. #a5a5bb
  2. #bbb0a5
  3. #b0bba5

Analogous

  1. #a5b0bb
  2. #a5a5bb
  3. #b0a5bb

Triadic

  1. #a5a5bb
  2. #bba5a5
  3. #a5bba5

Tetradic

  1. #a5a5bb
  2. #bba5bb
  3. #bbbba5
  4. #a5bba5

Square

  1. #a5a5bb
  2. #bba5b0
  3. #bbbba5
  4. #a5bbb0

Monochromatic

  1. #565671
  2. #79799a
  3. #a5a5bb
  4. #d1d1dc
  5. #f3f3f6

Shades

#a5a5bb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a5a5bb
  2. #9595a8
  3. #848496
  4. #747483
  5. #636370
  6. #53535e
  7. #42424b
  8. #323238
  9. #212125
  10. #111113
  11. #000000

Tints

#a5a5bb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a5a5bb
  2. #aeaec2
  3. #b7b7c9
  4. #c0c0cf
  5. #c9c9d6
  6. #d2d2dd
  7. #dbdbe4
  8. #e4e4eb
  9. #ededf1
  10. #f6f6f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a5a5bb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a5a5bb
  2. #a1a1b5
  3. #9e9eaf
  4. #9a9aa9
  5. #9696a3
  6. #93939e
  7. #8f8f98
  8. #8b8b92
  9. #87878c
  10. #848486
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.41:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a6a6af ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a0a7bc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9fa6ba ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a1a8ac ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a2a6bc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a2a6bb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a2a7b2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a5a5bb {
  color: #a5a5bb;
}
Background
.bg-a5a5bb {
  background-color: #a5a5bb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a5a5bb {
  border: 2px solid #a5a5bb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a5a5bb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 165 165 187;
  --color-primary-hsl: 240 14% 69%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a5a5bb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a5a5bb, #b0a5bb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a5a5bb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(165 165 187 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 5.93 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 6.81 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 8.00 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 8.22 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 10.12 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 10.12 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 11.20 #5a5a44 Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#a5a5bb  rgb(165, 165, 187)  hsl(240, 14%, 69%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#bbbba5  rgb(187, 187, 165)  hsl(60, 14%, 69%)  Ash Gray
#bba5a5  rgb(187, 165, 165)  hsl(0, 14%, 69%)  Silver Pink
#a5bba5  rgb(165, 187, 165)  hsl(120, 14%, 69%)  Opal