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#A8A8FB

#a8a8fb ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#a8a8fb is a color from the blue family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.88% red, 65.88% green and 98.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 33.07% cyan, 33.07% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.57% black. Its hue angle is 240°, with 91.21% saturation and 82.16% 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 9.66:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 8.06.

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Relative luminance0.433

Complementary

  1. #a8a8fb
  2. #fbfba8

Split complementary

  1. #a8a8fb
  2. #fbd2a8
  3. #d2fba8

Analogous

  1. #a8d2fb
  2. #a8a8fb
  3. #d2a8fb

Triadic

  1. #a8a8fb
  2. #fba8a8
  3. #a8fba8

Tetradic

  1. #a8a8fb
  2. #fba8fb
  3. #fbfba8
  4. #a8fba8

Square

  1. #a8a8fb
  2. #fba8d2
  3. #fbfba8
  4. #a8fbd2

Monochromatic

  1. #1616f4
  2. #5f5ff8
  3. #a8a8fb
  4. #ebebfe
  5. #ebebfe

Shades

#a8a8fb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a8a8fb
  2. #9797e2
  3. #8686c9
  4. #7676b0
  5. #656597
  6. #54547e
  7. #434364
  8. #32324b
  9. #222232
  10. #111119
  11. #000000

Tints

#a8a8fb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a8a8fb
  2. #b1b1fb
  3. #b9b9fc
  4. #c2c2fc
  5. #cbcbfd
  6. #d4d4fd
  7. #dcdcfd
  8. #e5e5fe
  9. #eeeefe
  10. #f6f6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a8a8fb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a8a8fb
  2. #a4a4ef
  3. #a0a0e2
  4. #9c9cd6
  5. #9898ca
  6. #9494be
  7. #9090b1
  8. #8c8ca5
  9. #888899
  10. #84848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.17:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.66:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b0b0b0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #adadd2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8fb3fe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8cadf9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #92b7c6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9aaefd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #98abfa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9bb1dd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a8a8fb {
  color: #a8a8fb;
}
Background
.bg-a8a8fb {
  background-color: #a8a8fb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a8a8fb {
  border: 2px solid #a8a8fb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a8a8fb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 168 168 251;
  --color-primary-hsl: 240 91% 82%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a8a8fb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a8a8fb, #d2a8fb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a8a8fb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(168 168 251 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.06 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.93 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 10.61 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 12.37 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 12.60 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 12.89 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 13.28 #575704 Inverted #b0b0b0 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#a8a8fb  rgb(168, 168, 251)  hsl(240, 91%, 82%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#fbfba8  rgb(251, 251, 168)  hsl(60, 91%, 82%)  Pastel Yellow
#fba8a8  rgb(251, 168, 168)  hsl(0, 91%, 82%)  Pastel Pink
#a8fba8  rgb(168, 251, 168)  hsl(120, 91%, 82%)  Pale Green