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#A8A6CB

#a8a6cb ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#a8a6cb 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 79.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 17.24% cyan, 18.23% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.39% black. Its hue angle is 243.24°, with 26.24% saturation and 72.35% 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 8.98:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 5.11.

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Relative luminance0.3991

Complementary

  1. #a8a6cb
  2. #c9cba6

Split complementary

  1. #a8a6cb
  2. #cbbaa6
  3. #b6cba6

Analogous

  1. #a6b6cb
  2. #a8a6cb
  3. #baa6cb

Triadic

  1. #a8a6cb
  2. #cba8a6
  3. #a6cba8

Tetradic

  1. #a8a6cb
  2. #cba6c9
  3. #c9cba6
  4. #a6cba8

Square

  1. #a8a6cb
  2. #cba6b6
  3. #c9cba6
  4. #a6cbba

Monochromatic

  1. #535088
  2. #7976af
  3. #a8a6cb
  4. #d7d6e7
  5. #f2f2f7

Shades

#a8a6cb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a8a6cb
  2. #9795b7
  3. #8685a2
  4. #76748e
  5. #65647a
  6. #545366
  7. #434251
  8. #32323d
  9. #222129
  10. #111114
  11. #000000

Tints

#a8a6cb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a8a6cb
  2. #b1afd0
  3. #b9b8d5
  4. #c2c1db
  5. #cbcae0
  6. #d4d3e5
  7. #dcdbea
  8. #e5e4ef
  9. #eeedf5
  10. #f6f6fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a8a6cb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a8a6cb
  2. #a4a2c4
  3. #a09ebc
  4. #9c9bb5
  5. #9897ad
  6. #9493a6
  7. #908f9e
  8. #8c8b97
  9. #88888f
  10. #848488
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.34:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.98:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a9a9a9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a9a8b8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9daacd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9da9ca ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a1acb2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a2a9cc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a1a8ca ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a4aabd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a8a6cb {
  color: #a8a6cb;
}
Background
.bg-a8a6cb {
  background-color: #a8a6cb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a8a6cb {
  border: 2px solid #a8a6cb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a8a6cb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 168 166 203;
  --color-primary-hsl: 243 26% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a8a6cb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a8a6cb, #baa6cb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a8a6cb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(168 166 203 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 5.11 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 8.40 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 8.48 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 9.68 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 10.42 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 10.76 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 10.79 #575934 Inverted #a9a9a9 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#a8a6cb  rgb(168, 166, 203)  hsl(243, 26%, 72%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#c9cba6  rgb(201, 203, 166)  hsl(63, 26%, 72%)  Sage
#cba8a6  rgb(203, 168, 166)  hsl(3, 26%, 72%)  Silver Pink
#a6cba8  rgb(166, 203, 168)  hsl(123, 26%, 72%)  Dark Sea Green