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#A8A6EF

#a8a6ef ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#a8a6ef is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.88% red, 65.1% green and 93.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 29.71% cyan, 30.54% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 241.64°, with 69.52% saturation and 79.41% 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 9.37:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 7.1.

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Web safe#9999ff
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Relative luminance0.4183

Complementary

  1. #a8a6ef
  2. #edefa6

Split complementary

  1. #a8a6ef
  2. #efcca6
  3. #c9efa6

Analogous

  1. #a6c9ef
  2. #a8a6ef
  3. #cca6ef

Triadic

  1. #a8a6ef
  2. #efa8a6
  3. #a6efa8

Tetradic

  1. #a8a6ef
  2. #efa6ed
  3. #edefa6
  4. #a6efa8

Square

  1. #a8a6ef
  2. #efa6c9
  3. #edefa6
  4. #a6efcc

Monochromatic

  1. #2b26d6
  2. #6965e3
  3. #a8a6ef
  4. #e7e7fb
  5. #eeeefc

Shades

#a8a6ef mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a8a6ef
  2. #9795d7
  3. #8685bf
  4. #7674a7
  5. #65648f
  6. #545378
  7. #434260
  8. #323248
  9. #222130
  10. #111118
  11. #000000

Tints

#a8a6ef mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a8a6ef
  2. #b1aff1
  3. #b9b8f2
  4. #c2c1f4
  5. #cbcaf5
  6. #d4d3f7
  7. #dcdbf9
  8. #e5e4fa
  9. #eeedfc
  10. #f6f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a8a6ef mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a8a6ef
  2. #a4a2e4
  3. #a09ed9
  4. #9c9bce
  5. #9897c3
  6. #9493b8
  7. #908fac
  8. #8c8ba1
  9. #888896
  10. #84848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.24:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.37:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #adadad ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #abaacb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #91aff2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8fabed ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #97b3c0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9bacf1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9aa9ee ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9eaed5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a8a6ef {
  color: #a8a6ef;
}
Background
.bg-a8a6ef {
  background-color: #a8a6ef;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a8a6ef {
  border: 2px solid #a8a6ef;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a8a6ef;
  --color-primary-rgb: 168 166 239;
  --color-primary-hsl: 242 70% 79%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a8a6ef {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a8a6ef, #cca6ef);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a8a6ef {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(168 166 239 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.10 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 10.28 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.58 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 11.10 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 11.73 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 12.73 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 13.31 #575910 Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#a8a6ef  rgb(168, 166, 239)  hsl(242, 70%, 79%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#edefa6  rgb(237, 239, 166)  hsl(62, 70%, 79%)  Pale Goldenrod
#efa8a6  rgb(239, 168, 166)  hsl(2, 70%, 79%)  Pastel Pink
#a6efa8  rgb(166, 239, 168)  hsl(122, 70%, 79%)  Granny Smith Apple