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#A5A5CB

#a5a5cb ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#a5a5cb 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 79.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 18.72% cyan, 18.72% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.39% black. Its hue angle is 240°, with 26.76% saturation and 72.16% 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 8.84:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 4.55.

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Relative luminance0.3922

Complementary

  1. #a5a5cb
  2. #cbcba5

Split complementary

  1. #a5a5cb
  2. #cbb8a5
  3. #b8cba5

Analogous

  1. #a5b8cb
  2. #a5a5cb
  3. #b8a5cb

Triadic

  1. #a5a5cb
  2. #cba5a5
  3. #a5cba5

Tetradic

  1. #a5a5cb
  2. #cba5cb
  3. #cbcba5
  4. #a5cba5

Square

  1. #a5a5cb
  2. #cba5b8
  3. #cbcba5
  4. #a5cbb8

Monochromatic

  1. #4f4f88
  2. #7575af
  3. #a5a5cb
  4. #d5d5e7
  5. #f2f2f8

Shades

#a5a5cb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a5a5cb
  2. #9595b7
  3. #8484a2
  4. #74748e
  5. #63637a
  6. #535366
  7. #424251
  8. #32323d
  9. #212129
  10. #111114
  11. #000000

Tints

#a5a5cb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a5a5cb
  2. #aeaed0
  3. #b7b7d5
  4. #c0c0db
  5. #c9c9e0
  6. #d2d2e5
  7. #dbdbea
  8. #e4e4ef
  9. #ededf5
  10. #f6f6fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a5a5cb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a5a5cb
  2. #a1a1c4
  3. #9e9ebc
  4. #9a9ab5
  5. #9696ad
  6. #9393a6
  7. #8f8f9e
  8. #8b8b97
  9. #87878f
  10. #848488
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.37:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.84:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a8a8a8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a7a7b7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9ca9cd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9ba7ca ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9dabb2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9fa8cc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9fa6ca ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a0a9bc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a5a5cb {
  color: #a5a5cb;
}
Background
.bg-a5a5cb {
  background-color: #a5a5cb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a5a5cb {
  border: 2px solid #a5a5cb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a5a5cb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 165 165 203;
  --color-primary-hsl: 240 27% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a5a5cb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a5a5cb, #b8a5cb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a5a5cb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(165 165 203 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 4.55 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 7.99 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 9.11 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 10.20 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 10.88 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 10.96 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 11.54 #5a5a34 Inverted #a8a8a8 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#a5a5cb  rgb(165, 165, 203)  hsl(240, 27%, 72%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#cbcba5  rgb(203, 203, 165)  hsl(60, 27%, 72%)  Sage
#cba5a5  rgb(203, 165, 165)  hsl(0, 27%, 72%)  Pastel Pink
#a5cba5  rgb(165, 203, 165)  hsl(120, 27%, 72%)  Dark Sea Green