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#A8A6CA

#a8a6ca ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#a8a6ca is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.88% red, 65.1% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 16.83% cyan, 17.82% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 243.33°, with 25.35% saturation and 72.16% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.97:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 5.13.

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Relative luminance0.3986

Complementary

  1. #a8a6ca
  2. #c8caa6

Split complementary

  1. #a8a6ca
  2. #cabaa6
  3. #b6caa6

Analogous

  1. #a6b6ca
  2. #a8a6ca
  3. #baa6ca

Triadic

  1. #a8a6ca
  2. #caa8a6
  3. #a6caa8

Tetradic

  1. #a8a6ca
  2. #caa6c8
  3. #c8caa6
  4. #a6caa8

Square

  1. #a8a6ca
  2. #caa6b6
  3. #c8caa6
  4. #a6caba

Monochromatic

  1. #535087
  2. #7976ad
  3. #a8a6ca
  4. #d7d6e7
  5. #f3f2f7

Shades

#a8a6ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a8a6ca
  2. #9795b6
  3. #8685a2
  4. #76748d
  5. #656479
  6. #545365
  7. #434251
  8. #32323d
  9. #222128
  10. #111114
  11. #000000

Tints

#a8a6ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a8a6ca
  2. #b1afcf
  3. #b9b8d5
  4. #c2c1da
  5. #cbcadf
  6. #d4d3e5
  7. #dcdbea
  8. #e5e4ef
  9. #eeedf4
  10. #f6f6fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a8a6ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a8a6ca
  2. #a4a2c3
  3. #a09ebb
  4. #9c9bb4
  5. #9897ac
  6. #9493a5
  7. #908f9e
  8. #8c8b96
  9. #88888f
  10. #848487
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.34:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.97:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a9a9a9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a9a8b7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9eaacc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9da8c9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a1acb2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a2a9cb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a2a8c9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a4aabc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a8a6ca {
  color: #a8a6ca;
}
Background
.bg-a8a6ca {
  background-color: #a8a6ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a8a6ca {
  border: 2px solid #a8a6ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a8a6ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 168 166 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 243 25% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a8a6ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a8a6ca, #baa6ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a8a6ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(168 166 202 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 5.13 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 8.25 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 8.36 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 9.47 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 10.55 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 10.80 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 10.87 #575935 Inverted #a9a9a9 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#a8a6ca  rgb(168, 166, 202)  hsl(243, 25%, 72%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#c8caa6  rgb(200, 202, 166)  hsl(63, 25%, 72%)  Sage
#caa8a6  rgb(202, 168, 166)  hsl(3, 25%, 72%)  Silver Pink
#a6caa8  rgb(166, 202, 168)  hsl(123, 25%, 72%)  Dark Sea Green