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#A7A8DC

#a7a8dc ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#a7a8dc is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.49% red, 65.88% green and 86.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 24.09% cyan, 23.64% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 238.87°, with 43.09% saturation and 75.88% 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 9.28:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 4.87.

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Relative luminance0.4139

Complementary

  1. #a7a8dc
  2. #dcdba7

Split complementary

  1. #a7a8dc
  2. #dcc0a7
  3. #c2dca7

Analogous

  1. #a7c2dc
  2. #a7a8dc
  3. #c0a7dc

Triadic

  1. #a7a8dc
  2. #dca7a8
  3. #a8dca7

Tetradic

  1. #a7a8dc
  2. #dba7dc
  3. #dcdba7
  4. #a8dca7

Square

  1. #a7a8dc
  2. #dca7c2
  3. #dcdba7
  4. #a7dcc0

Monochromatic

  1. #4344a7
  2. #7072c6
  3. #a7a8dc
  4. #dedef2
  5. #f0f1f9

Shades

#a7a8dc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a7a8dc
  2. #9697c6
  3. #8686b0
  4. #75769a
  5. #646584
  6. #54546e
  7. #434358
  8. #323242
  9. #21222c
  10. #111116
  11. #000000

Tints

#a7a8dc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a7a8dc
  2. #b0b1e0
  3. #b9b9e3
  4. #c1c2e7
  5. #cacbea
  6. #d3d4ee
  7. #dcdcf1
  8. #e5e5f5
  9. #edeef8
  10. #f6f6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a7a8dc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a7a8dc
  2. #a3a4d3
  3. #9fa0ca
  4. #9b9cc0
  5. #9798b7
  6. #9494ae
  7. #9090a5
  8. #8c8c9c
  9. #888892
  10. #848489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.26:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.28:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #acacac ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aaabc1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9aaede ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #98abdb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9bb1ba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a0acdd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9eaadb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a0adc8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a7a8dc {
  color: #a7a8dc;
}
Background
.bg-a7a8dc {
  background-color: #a7a8dc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a7a8dc {
  border: 2px solid #a7a8dc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a7a8dc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 167 168 220;
  --color-primary-hsl: 239 43% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a7a8dc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a7a8dc, #c0a7dc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a7a8dc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(167 168 220 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 4.87 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 9.40 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 10.42 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 10.49 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 11.10 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 11.90 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 12.35 #585723 Inverted #acacac Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#a7a8dc  rgb(167, 168, 220)  hsl(239, 43%, 76%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#dcdba7  rgb(220, 219, 167)  hsl(59, 43%, 76%)  Pale Goldenrod
#dca7a8  rgb(220, 167, 168)  hsl(359, 43%, 76%)  Pastel Pink
#a8dca7  rgb(168, 220, 167)  hsl(119, 43%, 76%)  Celadon