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#a8aefa ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#a8aefa is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.88% red, 68.24% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 32.8% cyan, 30.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 235.61°, with 89.13% saturation and 81.96% 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 10.1:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 7.37.

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Web safe#9999ff
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Relative luminance0.455

Complementary

  1. #a8aefa
  2. #faf4a8

Split complementary

  1. #a8aefa
  2. #facba8
  3. #d7faa8

Analogous

  1. #a8d7fa
  2. #a8aefa
  3. #cba8fa

Triadic

  1. #a8aefa
  2. #faa8ae
  3. #aefaa8

Tetradic

  1. #a8aefa
  2. #f4a8fa
  3. #faf4a8
  4. #aefaa8

Square

  1. #a8aefa
  2. #faa8d7
  3. #faf4a8
  4. #a8facb

Monochromatic

  1. #1727f2
  2. #606bf6
  3. #a8aefa
  4. #ecedfe
  5. #ecedfe

Shades

#a8aefa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a8aefa
  2. #979de1
  3. #868bc8
  4. #767aaf
  5. #656896
  6. #54577d
  7. #434664
  8. #32344b
  9. #222332
  10. #111119
  11. #000000

Tints

#a8aefa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a8aefa
  2. #b1b6fb
  3. #b9befb
  4. #c2c6fc
  5. #cbcefc
  6. #d4d7fd
  7. #dcdffd
  8. #e5e7fe
  9. #eeeffe
  10. #f6f7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a8aefa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a8aefa
  2. #a4a9ee
  3. #a0a5e2
  4. #9ca0d5
  5. #989cc9
  6. #9497bd
  7. #9092b1
  8. #8c8ea5
  9. #888998
  10. #84858c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.08:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.1:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b4b4b4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #afb1d4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #97b7fd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #93b1f8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #92bcc9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9eb3fc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9cb0f9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9bb7de ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a8aefa {
  color: #a8aefa;
}
Background
.bg-a8aefa {
  background-color: #a8aefa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a8aefa {
  border: 2px solid #a8aefa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a8aefa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 168 174 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 236 89% 82%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a8aefa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a8aefa, #cba8fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a8aefa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(168 174 250 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.37 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.07 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 9.40 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 12.77 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 12.85 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 13.04 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 13.10 #575105 Inverted #b4b4b4 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#a8aefa  rgb(168, 174, 250)  hsl(236, 89%, 82%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#faf4a8  rgb(250, 244, 168)  hsl(56, 89%, 82%)  Pale Goldenrod
#faa8ae  rgb(250, 168, 174)  hsl(356, 89%, 82%)  Light Pink
#aefaa8  rgb(174, 250, 168)  hsl(116, 89%, 82%)  Pale Green