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#A8AACA

#a8aaca ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#a8aaca 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 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 16.83% cyan, 15.84% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 236.47°, with 24.29% saturation and 72.55% 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 9.27:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 3.56.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.4134

Complementary

  1. #a8aaca
  2. #cac8a8

Split complementary

  1. #a8aaca
  2. #cab7a8
  3. #bbcaa8

Analogous

  1. #a8bbca
  2. #a8aaca
  3. #b7a8ca

Triadic

  1. #a8aaca
  2. #caa8aa
  3. #aacaa8

Tetradic

  1. #a8aaca
  2. #c8a8ca
  3. #cac8a8
  4. #aacaa8

Square

  1. #a8aaca
  2. #caa8bb
  3. #cac8a8
  4. #a8cab7

Monochromatic

  1. #525587
  2. #787cad
  3. #a8aaca
  4. #d8d8e7
  5. #f2f3f7

Shades

#a8aaca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a8aaca
  2. #9799b6
  3. #8688a2
  4. #76778d
  5. #656679
  6. #545565
  7. #434451
  8. #32333d
  9. #222228
  10. #111114
  11. #000000

Tints

#a8aaca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a8aaca
  2. #b1b3cf
  3. #b9bbd5
  4. #c2c4da
  5. #cbccdf
  6. #d4d5e5
  7. #dcddea
  8. #e5e6ef
  9. #eeeef4
  10. #f6f7fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a8aaca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a8aaca
  2. #a4a6c3
  3. #a0a2bb
  4. #9c9db4
  5. #9899ac
  6. #9495a5
  7. #90919e
  8. #8c8d96
  9. #88888f
  10. #848487
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.27:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.27:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #acacac ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ababb9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a2adcb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a1abc9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a1afb5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a4accb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a4abc9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a4adbd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a8aaca {
  color: #a8aaca;
}
Background
.bg-a8aaca {
  background-color: #a8aaca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a8aaca {
  border: 2px solid #a8aaca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a8aaca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 168 170 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 236 24% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a8aaca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a8aaca, #b7a8ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a8aaca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(168 170 202 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 3.56 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 8.21 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 9.38 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 10.22 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.24 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 10.49 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 11.32 #575535 Inverted #acacac Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#a8aaca  rgb(168, 170, 202)  hsl(236, 24%, 73%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#cac8a8  rgb(202, 200, 168)  hsl(56, 24%, 73%)  Sage
#caa8aa  rgb(202, 168, 170)  hsl(356, 24%, 73%)  Silver Pink
#aacaa8  rgb(170, 202, 168)  hsl(116, 24%, 73%)  Dark Sea Green