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#A8ADE0

#a8ade0 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#a8ade0 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.88% red, 67.84% green and 87.84% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25% cyan, 22.77% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.16% black. Its hue angle is 234.64°, with 47.46% saturation and 76.86% 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 9.72:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 4.15.

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Relative luminance0.4359

Complementary

  1. #a8ade0
  2. #e0dba8

Split complementary

  1. #a8ade0
  2. #e0bfa8
  3. #c9e0a8

Analogous

  1. #a8c9e0
  2. #a8ade0
  3. #bfa8e0

Triadic

  1. #a8ade0
  2. #e0a8ad
  3. #ade0a8

Tetradic

  1. #a8ade0
  2. #dba8e0
  3. #e0dba8
  4. #ade0a8

Square

  1. #a8ade0
  2. #e0a8c9
  3. #e0dba8
  4. #a8e0bf

Monochromatic

  1. #3f49b0
  2. #7078cc
  3. #a8ade0
  4. #e0e2f4
  5. #f0f1fa

Shades

#a8ade0 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a8ade0
  2. #979cca
  3. #868ab3
  4. #76799d
  5. #656886
  6. #545770
  7. #43455a
  8. #323443
  9. #22232d
  10. #111116
  11. #000000

Tints

#a8ade0 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a8ade0
  2. #b1b5e3
  3. #b9bde6
  4. #c2c6e9
  5. #cbceec
  6. #d4d6f0
  7. #dcdef3
  8. #e5e6f6
  9. #eeeff9
  10. #f6f7fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a8ade0 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a8ade0
  2. #a4a9d6
  3. #a0a4cd
  4. #9ca0c3
  5. #989bba
  6. #9497b0
  7. #9092a6
  8. #8c8e9d
  9. #888993
  10. #84858a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.16:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.72:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b0b0b0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #adafc5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9fb2e2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9cafdf ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9bb6be ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a3b0e1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a1aedf ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a0b3cd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a8ade0 {
  color: #a8ade0;
}
Background
.bg-a8ade0 {
  background-color: #a8ade0;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a8ade0 {
  border: 2px solid #a8ade0;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a8ade0;
  --color-primary-rgb: 168 173 224;
  --color-primary-hsl: 235 47% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a8ade0 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a8ade0, #bfa8e0);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a8ade0 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(168 173 224 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 4.15 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.37 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.81 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 11.05 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 11.64 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 12.79 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 12.85 #57521f Inverted #b0b0b0 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#a8ade0  rgb(168, 173, 224)  hsl(235, 47%, 77%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#e0dba8  rgb(224, 219, 168)  hsl(55, 47%, 77%)  Pale Goldenrod
#e0a8ad  rgb(224, 168, 173)  hsl(355, 47%, 77%)  Pastel Pink
#ade0a8  rgb(173, 224, 168)  hsl(115, 47%, 77%)  Celadon