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#A8AEE6

#a8aee6 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#a8aee6 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.88% red, 68.24% green and 90.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 26.96% cyan, 24.35% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 234.19°, 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 9.86:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 4.78.

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Relative luminance0.4431

Complementary

  1. #a8aee6
  2. #e6e0a8

Split complementary

  1. #a8aee6
  2. #e6c1a8
  3. #cde6a8

Analogous

  1. #a8cde6
  2. #a8aee6
  3. #c1a8e6

Triadic

  1. #a8aee6
  2. #e6a8ae
  3. #aee6a8

Tetradic

  1. #a8aee6
  2. #e0a8e6
  3. #e6e0a8
  4. #aee6a8

Square

  1. #a8aee6
  2. #e6a8cd
  3. #e6e0a8
  4. #a8e6c1

Monochromatic

  1. #3744be
  2. #6d77d5
  3. #a8aee6
  4. #e3e5f7
  5. #eff0fa

Shades

#a8aee6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a8aee6
  2. #979dcf
  3. #868bb8
  4. #767aa1
  5. #65688a
  6. #545773
  7. #43465c
  8. #323445
  9. #22232e
  10. #111117
  11. #000000

Tints

#a8aee6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a8aee6
  2. #b1b6e9
  3. #b9beeb
  4. #c2c6ee
  5. #cbcef0
  6. #d4d7f3
  7. #dcdff5
  8. #e5e7f8
  9. #eeeffa
  10. #f6f7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a8aee6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a8aee6
  2. #a4a9dc
  3. #a0a5d2
  4. #9ca0c7
  5. #989cbd
  6. #9497b3
  7. #9092a9
  8. #8c8e9f
  9. #888994
  10. #84858a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.13:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.86:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b2b2b2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aeb0c9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9eb4e8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9bb0e5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #99b8c1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a2b2e7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a0afe5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9fb4d1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a8aee6 {
  color: #a8aee6;
}
Background
.bg-a8aee6 {
  background-color: #a8aee6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a8aee6 {
  border: 2px solid #a8aee6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a8aee6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 168 174 230;
  --color-primary-hsl: 234 55% 78%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a8aee6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a8aee6, #c1a8e6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a8aee6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(168 174 230 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 4.78 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.27 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.50 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 11.87 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 12.07 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 12.80 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 13.47 #575119 Inverted #b2b2b2 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#a8aee6  rgb(168, 174, 230)  hsl(234, 55%, 78%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#e6e0a8  rgb(230, 224, 168)  hsl(54, 55%, 78%)  Pale Goldenrod
#e6a8ae  rgb(230, 168, 174)  hsl(354, 55%, 78%)  Pastel Pink
#aee6a8  rgb(174, 230, 168)  hsl(114, 55%, 78%)  Granny Smith Apple