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#A8A6DA

#a8a6da ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#a8a6da 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 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 22.94% cyan, 23.85% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 242.31°, with 41.27% saturation and 75.29% 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 9.13:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 5.51.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.4066

Complementary

  1. #a8a6da
  2. #d8daa6

Split complementary

  1. #a8a6da
  2. #dac2a6
  3. #bedaa6

Analogous

  1. #a6beda
  2. #a8a6da
  3. #c2a6da

Triadic

  1. #a8a6da
  2. #daa8a6
  3. #a6daa8

Tetradic

  1. #a8a6da
  2. #daa6d8
  3. #d8daa6
  4. #a6daa8

Square

  1. #a8a6da
  2. #daa6be
  3. #d8daa6
  4. #a6dac2

Monochromatic

  1. #4744a3
  2. #7370c4
  3. #a8a6da
  4. #dddcf0
  5. #f1f1f9

Shades

#a8a6da mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a8a6da
  2. #9795c4
  3. #8685ae
  4. #767499
  5. #656483
  6. #54536d
  7. #434257
  8. #323241
  9. #22212c
  10. #111116
  11. #000000

Tints

#a8a6da mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a8a6da
  2. #b1afde
  3. #b9b8e1
  4. #c2c1e5
  5. #cbcae9
  6. #d4d3ed
  7. #dcdbf0
  8. #e5e4f4
  9. #eeedf8
  10. #f6f6fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a8a6da mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a8a6da
  2. #a4a2d1
  3. #a09ec8
  4. #9c9bbf
  5. #9897b6
  6. #9493ad
  7. #908fa4
  8. #8c8b9b
  9. #888892
  10. #848489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.13:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aaa9c0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #99acdc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #98a9d9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9dafb8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9faadb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9ea8d9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a1abc6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a8a6da {
  color: #a8a6da;
}
Background
.bg-a8a6da {
  background-color: #a8a6da;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a8a6da {
  border: 2px solid #a8a6da;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a8a6da;
  --color-primary-rgb: 168 166 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 242 41% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a8a6da {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a8a6da, #c2a6da);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a8a6da {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(168 166 218 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 5.51 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 9.67 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 9.80 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 10.33 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 11.23 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 11.69 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 11.85 #575925 Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#a8a6da  rgb(168, 166, 218)  hsl(242, 41%, 75%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#d8daa6  rgb(216, 218, 166)  hsl(62, 41%, 75%)  Pale Goldenrod
#daa8a6  rgb(218, 168, 166)  hsl(2, 41%, 75%)  Pastel Pink
#a6daa8  rgb(166, 218, 168)  hsl(122, 41%, 75%)  Celadon