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#A8A6D6

#a8a6d6 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#a8a6d6 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 83.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 21.5% cyan, 22.43% magenta, 0% yellow and 16.08% black. Its hue angle is 242.5°, with 36.92% saturation and 74.51% 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 9.09:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 5.33.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.4045

Complementary

  1. #a8a6d6
  2. #d4d6a6

Split complementary

  1. #a8a6d6
  2. #d6c0a6
  3. #bcd6a6

Analogous

  1. #a6bcd6
  2. #a8a6d6
  3. #c0a6d6

Triadic

  1. #a8a6d6
  2. #d6a8a6
  3. #a6d6a8

Tetradic

  1. #a8a6d6
  2. #d6a6d4
  3. #d4d6a6
  4. #a6d6a8

Square

  1. #a8a6d6
  2. #d6a6bc
  3. #d4d6a6
  4. #a6d6c0

Monochromatic

  1. #4b489b
  2. #7572be
  3. #a8a6d6
  4. #dbdaee
  5. #f1f1f9

Shades

#a8a6d6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a8a6d6
  2. #9795c1
  3. #8685ab
  4. #767496
  5. #656480
  6. #54536b
  7. #434256
  8. #323240
  9. #22212b
  10. #111115
  11. #000000

Tints

#a8a6d6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a8a6d6
  2. #b1afda
  3. #b9b8de
  4. #c2c1e2
  5. #cbcae6
  6. #d4d3eb
  7. #dcdbef
  8. #e5e4f3
  9. #eeedf7
  10. #f6f6fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a8a6d6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a8a6d6
  2. #a4a2cd
  3. #a09ec5
  4. #9c9bbc
  5. #9897b4
  6. #9493ab
  7. #908fa2
  8. #8c8b9a
  9. #888891
  10. #848489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.31:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.09:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aaaaaa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a9a9bd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9aacd8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #99a9d5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9eaeb6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a0a9d7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9fa8d5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a2abc4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a8a6d6 {
  color: #a8a6d6;
}
Background
.bg-a8a6d6 {
  background-color: #a8a6d6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a8a6d6 {
  border: 2px solid #a8a6d6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a8a6d6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 168 166 214;
  --color-primary-hsl: 243 37% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a8a6d6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a8a6d6, #c0a6d6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a8a6d6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(168 166 214 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 5.33 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 9.66 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 9.84 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 9.92 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 10.42 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 11.29 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 12.02 #575929 Inverted #aaaaaa Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#a8a6d6  rgb(168, 166, 214)  hsl(243, 37%, 75%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#d4d6a6  rgb(212, 214, 166)  hsl(63, 37%, 75%)  Pale Goldenrod
#d6a8a6  rgb(214, 168, 166)  hsl(3, 37%, 75%)  Pastel Pink
#a6d6a8  rgb(166, 214, 168)  hsl(123, 37%, 75%)  Celadon