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#A7BAEB

#a7baeb ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#a7baeb is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.49% red, 72.94% green and 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 28.94% cyan, 20.85% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 223.24°, with 62.96% saturation and 78.82% 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 10.87:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 5.32.

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Relative luminance0.4933

Complementary

  1. #a7baeb
  2. #ebd8a7

Split complementary

  1. #a7baeb
  2. #ebb6a7
  3. #dceba7

Analogous

  1. #a7dceb
  2. #a7baeb
  3. #b6a7eb

Triadic

  1. #a7baeb
  2. #eba7ba
  3. #baeba7

Tetradic

  1. #a7baeb
  2. #d8a7eb
  3. #ebd8a7
  4. #baeba7

Square

  1. #a7baeb
  2. #eba7dc
  3. #ebd8a7
  4. #a7ebb6

Monochromatic

  1. #2e5acb
  2. #6989dd
  3. #a7baeb
  4. #e5ebf9
  5. #eef2fb

Shades

#a7baeb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a7baeb
  2. #96a7d4
  3. #8695bc
  4. #7582a5
  5. #64708d
  6. #545d76
  7. #434a5e
  8. #323847
  9. #21252f
  10. #111318
  11. #000000

Tints

#a7baeb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a7baeb
  2. #b0c1ed
  3. #b9c8ef
  4. #c1cff1
  5. #cad6f3
  6. #d3ddf5
  7. #dce3f7
  8. #e5eaf9
  9. #edf1fb
  10. #f6f8fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a7baeb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a7baeb
  2. #a3b4e0
  3. #9faed6
  4. #9ba9cb
  5. #97a3c0
  6. #949db6
  7. #9097ab
  8. #8c91a0
  9. #888c95
  10. #84868b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.93:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.87:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bababa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b3bad0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #abbeed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a5b8ea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #95c4ca ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a9bcec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a6b9ea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9cc0d8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a7baeb {
  color: #a7baeb;
}
Background
.bg-a7baeb {
  background-color: #a7baeb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a7baeb {
  border: 2px solid #a7baeb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a7baeb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 167 186 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 223 63% 79%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a7baeb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a7baeb, #b6a7eb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a7baeb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(167 186 235 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 5.32 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 6.44 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 7.90 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 11.52 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 11.57 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 12.78 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 12.97 #584514 Inverted #bababa Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#a7baeb  rgb(167, 186, 235)  hsl(223, 63%, 79%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#ebd8a7  rgb(235, 216, 167)  hsl(43, 63%, 79%)  Wheat
#eba7ba  rgb(235, 167, 186)  hsl(343, 63%, 79%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#baeba7  rgb(186, 235, 167)  hsl(103, 63%, 79%)  Granny Smith Apple