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#a8aefb ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#a8aefb is a color from the blue family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.88% red, 68.24% green and 98.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 33.07% cyan, 30.68% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.57% black. Its hue angle is 235.66°, with 91.21% saturation and 82.16% 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 10.11:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 7.5.

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Relative luminance0.4556

Complementary

  1. #a8aefb
  2. #fbf5a8

Split complementary

  1. #a8aefb
  2. #fbcca8
  3. #d8fba8

Analogous

  1. #a8d8fb
  2. #a8aefb
  3. #cca8fb

Triadic

  1. #a8aefb
  2. #fba8ae
  3. #aefba8

Tetradic

  1. #a8aefb
  2. #f5a8fb
  3. #fbf5a8
  4. #aefba8

Square

  1. #a8aefb
  2. #fba8d8
  3. #fbf5a8
  4. #a8fbcc

Monochromatic

  1. #1626f4
  2. #5f6af8
  3. #a8aefb
  4. #ebedfe
  5. #ebedfe

Shades

#a8aefb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a8aefb
  2. #979de2
  3. #868bc9
  4. #767ab0
  5. #656897
  6. #54577e
  7. #434664
  8. #32344b
  9. #222332
  10. #111119
  11. #000000

Tints

#a8aefb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a8aefb
  2. #b1b6fb
  3. #b9befc
  4. #c2c6fc
  5. #cbcefd
  6. #d4d7fd
  7. #dcdffd
  8. #e5e7fe
  9. #eeeffe
  10. #f6f7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a8aefb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a8aefb
  2. #a4a9ef
  3. #a0a5e2
  4. #9ca0d6
  5. #989cca
  6. #9497be
  7. #9092b1
  8. #8c8ea5
  9. #888999
  10. #84858c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.08:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.11:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b4b4b4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #afb2d4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #97b7fe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #92b1f9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #92bcca ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9eb3fd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9bb0fa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9bb7df ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a8aefb {
  color: #a8aefb;
}
Background
.bg-a8aefb {
  background-color: #a8aefb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a8aefb {
  border: 2px solid #a8aefb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a8aefb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 168 174 251;
  --color-primary-hsl: 236 91% 82%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a8aefb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a8aefb, #cca8fb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a8aefb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(168 174 251 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.50 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.06 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 9.48 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 12.75 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 12.82 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 13.02 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 13.07 #575104 Inverted #b4b4b4 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#a8aefb  rgb(168, 174, 251)  hsl(236, 91%, 82%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#fbf5a8  rgb(251, 245, 168)  hsl(56, 91%, 82%)  Pale Goldenrod
#fba8ae  rgb(251, 168, 174)  hsl(356, 91%, 82%)  Light Pink
#aefba8  rgb(174, 251, 168)  hsl(116, 91%, 82%)  Pale Green