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#A7B8EA

#a7b8ea ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#a7b8ea is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.49% red, 72.16% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 28.63% cyan, 21.37% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 224.78°, with 61.47% saturation and 78.63% 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 10.69:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 4.95.

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Relative luminance0.4844

Complementary

  1. #a7b8ea
  2. #ead9a7

Split complementary

  1. #a7b8ea
  2. #eab8a7
  3. #daeaa7

Analogous

  1. #a7daea
  2. #a7b8ea
  3. #b8a7ea

Triadic

  1. #a7b8ea
  2. #eaa7b8
  3. #b8eaa7

Tetradic

  1. #a7b8ea
  2. #d9a7ea
  3. #ead9a7
  4. #b8eaa7

Square

  1. #a7b8ea
  2. #eaa7da
  3. #ead9a7
  4. #a7eab8

Monochromatic

  1. #3056c8
  2. #6986db
  3. #a7b8ea
  4. #e5eaf9
  5. #eff2fb

Shades

#a7b8ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a7b8ea
  2. #96a6d3
  3. #8693bb
  4. #7581a4
  5. #646e8c
  6. #545c75
  7. #434a5e
  8. #323746
  9. #21252f
  10. #111217
  11. #000000

Tints

#a7b8ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a7b8ea
  2. #b0bfec
  3. #b9c6ee
  4. #c1cdf0
  5. #cad4f2
  6. #d3dcf5
  7. #dce3f7
  8. #e5eaf9
  9. #edf1fb
  10. #f6f8fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a7b8ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a7b8ea
  2. #a3b2df
  3. #9fadd5
  4. #9ba7ca
  5. #97a2c0
  6. #949cb5
  7. #9096aa
  8. #8c91a0
  9. #888b95
  10. #84868b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.96:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.69:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b9b9b9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b2b9ce ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a9bcec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a3b6e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #95c2c9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a8baeb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a5b7e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9dbed7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a7b8ea {
  color: #a7b8ea;
}
Background
.bg-a7b8ea {
  background-color: #a7b8ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a7b8ea {
  border: 2px solid #a7b8ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a7b8ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 167 184 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 225 61% 79%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a7b8ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a7b8ea, #b8a7ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a7b8ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(167 184 234 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 4.95 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 6.92 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 7.79 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 11.75 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 12.10 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 13.19 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 13.41 #584715 Inverted #b9b9b9 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#a7b8ea  rgb(167, 184, 234)  hsl(225, 61%, 79%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#ead9a7  rgb(234, 217, 167)  hsl(45, 61%, 79%)  Vanilla
#eaa7b8  rgb(234, 167, 184)  hsl(345, 61%, 79%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#b8eaa7  rgb(184, 234, 167)  hsl(105, 61%, 79%)  Granny Smith Apple