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#A5B5E1

#a5b5e1 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#a5b5e1 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 64.71% red, 70.98% green and 88.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 26.67% cyan, 19.56% magenta, 0% yellow and 11.76% black. Its hue angle is 224°, with 50% saturation and 76.47% 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 10.3:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 3.43.

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Relative luminance0.4648

Complementary

  1. #a5b5e1
  2. #e1d1a5

Split complementary

  1. #a5b5e1
  2. #e1b3a5
  3. #d3e1a5

Analogous

  1. #a5d3e1
  2. #a5b5e1
  3. #b3a5e1

Triadic

  1. #a5b5e1
  2. #e1a5b5
  3. #b5e1a5

Tetradic

  1. #a5b5e1
  2. #d1a5e1
  3. #e1d1a5
  4. #b5e1a5

Square

  1. #a5b5e1
  2. #e1a5d3
  3. #e1d1a5
  4. #a5e1b3

Monochromatic

  1. #3b5bb2
  2. #6c86ce
  3. #a5b5e1
  4. #dee4f4
  5. #f0f2fa

Shades

#a5b5e1 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a5b5e1
  2. #95a3cb
  3. #8491b4
  4. #747f9e
  5. #636d87
  6. #535b71
  7. #42485a
  8. #323644
  9. #21242d
  10. #111217
  11. #000000

Tints

#a5b5e1 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a5b5e1
  2. #aebce4
  3. #b7c4e7
  4. #c0cbea
  5. #c9d3ed
  6. #d2daf0
  7. #dbe1f3
  8. #e4e9f6
  9. #edf0f9
  10. #f6f8fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a5b5e1 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a5b5e1
  2. #a1b0d7
  3. #9eaace
  4. #9aa5c4
  5. #96a0ba
  6. #939bb1
  7. #8f95a7
  8. #8b909d
  9. #878b93
  10. #84858a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.04:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.3:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b5b5b5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #afb5c8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a8b8e3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a3b3e0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #95bdc4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a7b7e2 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a4b4e0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9cbad0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a5b5e1 {
  color: #a5b5e1;
}
Background
.bg-a5b5e1 {
  background-color: #a5b5e1;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a5b5e1 {
  border: 2px solid #a5b5e1;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a5b5e1;
  --color-primary-rgb: 165 181 225;
  --color-primary-hsl: 224 50% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a5b5e1 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a5b5e1, #b3a5e1);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a5b5e1 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(165 181 225 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 3.43 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 6.72 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.36 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 11.50 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 11.77 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 12.16 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 13.34 #5a4a1e Inverted #b5b5b5 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#a5b5e1  rgb(165, 181, 225)  hsl(224, 50%, 76%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#e1d1a5  rgb(225, 209, 165)  hsl(44, 50%, 76%)  Wheat
#e1a5b5  rgb(225, 165, 181)  hsl(344, 50%, 76%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#b5e1a5  rgb(181, 225, 165)  hsl(104, 50%, 76%)  Granny Smith Apple