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#A5B5FF

#a5b5ff ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#a5b5ff is a color from the blue family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 64.71% red, 70.98% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 35.29% cyan, 29.02% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 229.33°, with 100% saturation and 82.35% 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 10.65:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 7.95.

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Web safe#99ccff
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Relative luminance0.4827

Complementary

  1. #a5b5ff
  2. #ffefa5

Split complementary

  1. #a5b5ff
  2. #ffc2a5
  3. #e2ffa5

Analogous

  1. #a5e2ff
  2. #a5b5ff
  3. #c2a5ff

Triadic

  1. #a5b5ff
  2. #ffa5b5
  3. #b5ffa5

Tetradic

  1. #a5b5ff
  2. #efa5ff
  3. #ffefa5
  4. #b5ffa5

Square

  1. #a5b5ff
  2. #ffa5e2
  3. #ffefa5
  4. #a5ffc2

Monochromatic

  1. #0c37ff
  2. #5876ff
  3. #a5b5ff
  4. #ebeeff
  5. #ebeeff

Shades

#a5b5ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a5b5ff
  2. #95a3e6
  3. #8491cc
  4. #747fb3
  5. #636d99
  6. #535b80
  7. #424866
  8. #32364d
  9. #212433
  10. #11121a
  11. #000000

Tints

#a5b5ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a5b5ff
  2. #aebcff
  3. #b7c4ff
  4. #c0cbff
  5. #c9d3ff
  6. #d2daff
  7. #dbe1ff
  8. #e4e9ff
  9. #edf0ff
  10. #f6f8ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a5b5ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a5b5ff
  2. #a1b0f2
  3. #9eaae6
  4. #9aa5d9
  5. #96a0cc
  6. #939bc0
  7. #8f95b3
  8. #8b90a6
  9. #878b99
  10. #84858d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.97:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.65:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b9b9b9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b1b7d8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9dbcff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #97b5fd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #8bc3cf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a0baff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9db5fe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #96bee4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a5b5ff {
  color: #a5b5ff;
}
Background
.bg-a5b5ff {
  background-color: #a5b5ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a5b5ff {
  border: 2px solid #a5b5ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a5b5ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 165 181 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 229 100% 82%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a5b5ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a5b5ff, #c2a5ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a5b5ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(165 181 255 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.95 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 8.22 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 9.41 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 11.65 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 12.19 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 12.32 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 13.65 #5a4a00 Inverted #b9b9b9 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#a5b5ff  rgb(165, 181, 255)  hsl(229, 100%, 82%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#ffefa5  rgb(255, 239, 165)  hsl(49, 100%, 82%)  Vanilla
#ffa5b5  rgb(255, 165, 181)  hsl(349, 100%, 82%)  Light Pink
#b5ffa5  rgb(181, 255, 165)  hsl(109, 100%, 82%)  Pale Green