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#A8A8E6

#a8a8e6 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#a8a8e6 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.88% red, 65.88% green and 90.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 26.96% cyan, 26.96% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 240°, with 55.36% saturation and 78.04% 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 9.41:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 5.89.

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Web safe#9999ff
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Relative luminance0.4204

Complementary

  1. #a8a8e6
  2. #e6e6a8

Split complementary

  1. #a8a8e6
  2. #e6c7a8
  3. #c7e6a8

Analogous

  1. #a8c7e6
  2. #a8a8e6
  3. #c7a8e6

Triadic

  1. #a8a8e6
  2. #e6a8a8
  3. #a8e6a8

Tetradic

  1. #a8a8e6
  2. #e6a8e6
  3. #e6e6a8
  4. #a8e6a8

Square

  1. #a8a8e6
  2. #e6a8c7
  3. #e6e6a8
  4. #a8e6c7

Monochromatic

  1. #3737be
  2. #6d6dd5
  3. #a8a8e6
  4. #e3e3f7
  5. #efeffa

Shades

#a8a8e6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a8a8e6
  2. #9797cf
  3. #8686b8
  4. #7676a1
  5. #65658a
  6. #545473
  7. #43435c
  8. #323245
  9. #22222e
  10. #111117
  11. #000000

Tints

#a8a8e6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a8a8e6
  2. #b1b1e9
  3. #b9b9eb
  4. #c2c2ee
  5. #cbcbf0
  6. #d4d4f3
  7. #dcdcf5
  8. #e5e5f8
  9. #eeeefa
  10. #f6f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a8a8e6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a8a8e6
  2. #a4a4dc
  3. #a0a0d2
  4. #9c9cc7
  5. #9898bd
  6. #9494b3
  7. #9090a9
  8. #8c8c9f
  9. #888894
  10. #84848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.23:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.41:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #adadad ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ababc7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #97afe9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #95ace4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #99b3be ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9eade8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9daae5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9fafcf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a8a8e6 {
  color: #a8a8e6;
}
Background
.bg-a8a8e6 {
  background-color: #a8a8e6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a8a8e6 {
  border: 2px solid #a8a8e6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a8a8e6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 168 168 230;
  --color-primary-hsl: 240 55% 78%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a8a8e6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a8a8e6, #c7a8e6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a8a8e6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(168 168 230 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 5.89 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 9.44 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 10.66 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.72 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 11.73 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 11.84 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 13.42 #575719 Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#a8a8e6  rgb(168, 168, 230)  hsl(240, 55%, 78%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#e6e6a8  rgb(230, 230, 168)  hsl(60, 55%, 78%)  Pale Goldenrod
#e6a8a8  rgb(230, 168, 168)  hsl(0, 55%, 78%)  Pastel Pink
#a8e6a8  rgb(168, 230, 168)  hsl(120, 55%, 78%)  Granny Smith Apple