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#A89EEB

#a89eeb ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#a89eeb is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.88% red, 61.96% green and 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 28.51% cyan, 32.77% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 247.79°, with 65.81% saturation and 77.06% 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 8.76:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 8.36.

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Relative luminance0.3878

Complementary

  1. #a89eeb
  2. #e1eb9e

Split complementary

  1. #a89eeb
  2. #ebce9e
  3. #bbeb9e

Analogous

  1. #9ebbeb
  2. #a89eeb
  3. #ce9eeb

Triadic

  1. #a89eeb
  2. #eba89e
  3. #9eeba8

Tetradic

  1. #a89eeb
  2. #eb9ee1
  3. #e1eb9e
  4. #9eeba8

Square

  1. #a89eeb
  2. #eb9ebb
  3. #e1eb9e
  4. #9eebce

Monochromatic

  1. #3e29c7
  2. #6f5fde
  3. #a89eeb
  4. #e1ddf8
  5. #f0eefc

Shades

#a89eeb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a89eeb
  2. #978ed4
  3. #867ebc
  4. #766fa5
  5. #655f8d
  6. #544f76
  7. #433f5e
  8. #322f47
  9. #22202f
  10. #111018
  11. #000000

Tints

#a89eeb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a89eeb
  2. #b1a8ed
  3. #b9b1ef
  4. #c2bbf1
  5. #cbc5f3
  6. #d4cff5
  7. #dcd8f7
  8. #e5e2f9
  9. #eeecfb
  10. #f6f5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a89eeb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a89eeb
  2. #a49be0
  3. #a098d6
  4. #9c95cb
  5. #9892c0
  6. #948fb6
  7. #908cab
  8. #8c89a0
  9. #888695
  10. #84838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.4:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.76:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a8a4c6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #89a9ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #89a6e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #99acba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #96a5ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #96a3ea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9fa6cf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a89eeb {
  color: #a89eeb;
}
Background
.bg-a89eeb {
  background-color: #a89eeb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a89eeb {
  border: 2px solid #a89eeb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a89eeb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 168 158 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 248 66% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a89eeb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a89eeb, #ce9eeb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a89eeb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(168 158 235 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.36 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 9.89 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 10.79 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 11.21 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 12.09 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 12.16 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 12.34 #576114 Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#a89eeb  rgb(168, 158, 235)  hsl(248, 66%, 77%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#e1eb9e  rgb(225, 235, 158)  hsl(68, 66%, 77%)  Pale Goldenrod
#eba89e  rgb(235, 168, 158)  hsl(8, 66%, 77%)  Pastel Pink
#9eeba8  rgb(158, 235, 168)  hsl(128, 66%, 77%)  Granny Smith Apple