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#A8AABC

#a8aabc ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#a8aabc is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.88% red, 66.67% green and 73.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 10.64% cyan, 9.57% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 234°, with 12.99% saturation and 69.8% 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 9.14:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 6.17.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.4071

Complementary

  1. #a8aabc
  2. #bcbaa8

Split complementary

  1. #a8aabc
  2. #bcb0a8
  3. #b4bca8

Analogous

  1. #a8b4bc
  2. #a8aabc
  3. #b0a8bc

Triadic

  1. #a8aabc
  2. #bca8aa
  3. #aabca8

Tetradic

  1. #a8aabc
  2. #baa8bc
  3. #bcbaa8
  4. #aabca8

Square

  1. #a8aabc
  2. #bca8b4
  3. #bcbaa8
  4. #a8bcb0

Monochromatic

  1. #585b73
  2. #7d809b
  3. #a8aabc
  4. #d3d4dd
  5. #f3f4f6

Shades

#a8aabc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a8aabc
  2. #9799a9
  3. #868896
  4. #767784
  5. #656671
  6. #54555e
  7. #43444b
  8. #323338
  9. #222226
  10. #111113
  11. #000000

Tints

#a8aabc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a8aabc
  2. #b1b3c3
  3. #b9bbc9
  4. #c2c4d0
  5. #cbccd7
  6. #d4d5de
  7. #dcdde4
  8. #e5e6eb
  9. #eeeef2
  10. #f6f7f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a8aabc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a8aabc
  2. #a4a6b6
  3. #a0a2b0
  4. #9c9daa
  5. #9899a4
  6. #94959e
  7. #909198
  8. #8c8d92
  9. #88888c
  10. #848486
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.14:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aaabb2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a6acbd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a5aabb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a4adb0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a7abbd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a6aabc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a6acb5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a8aabc {
  color: #a8aabc;
}
Background
.bg-a8aabc {
  background-color: #a8aabc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a8aabc {
  border: 2px solid #a8aabc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a8aabc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 168 170 188;
  --color-primary-hsl: 234 13% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a8aabc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a8aabc, #b0a8bc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a8aabc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(168 170 188 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.17 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 8.13 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 8.43 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 8.43 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 9.40 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.48 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 9.78 #575543 Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#a8aabc  rgb(168, 170, 188)  hsl(234, 13%, 70%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#bcbaa8  rgb(188, 186, 168)  hsl(54, 13%, 70%)  Ash Gray
#bca8aa  rgb(188, 168, 170)  hsl(354, 13%, 70%)  Silver Pink
#aabca8  rgb(170, 188, 168)  hsl(114, 13%, 70%)  Ash Gray