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#A8AFC3

#a8afc3 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#a8afc3 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.88% red, 68.63% green and 76.47% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 13.85% cyan, 10.26% magenta, 0% yellow and 23.53% black. Its hue angle is 224.44°, with 18.37% saturation and 71.18% 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 9.58:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 4.96.

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Relative luminance0.4292

Complementary

  1. #a8afc3
  2. #c3bca8

Split complementary

  1. #a8afc3
  2. #c3afa8
  3. #bdc3a8

Analogous

  1. #a8bdc3
  2. #a8afc3
  3. #afa8c3

Triadic

  1. #a8afc3
  2. #c3a8af
  3. #afc3a8

Tetradic

  1. #a8afc3
  2. #bca8c3
  3. #c3bca8
  4. #afc3a8

Square

  1. #a8afc3
  2. #c3a8bd
  3. #c3bca8
  4. #a8c3af

Monochromatic

  1. #56607c
  2. #7b85a4
  3. #a8afc3
  4. #d5d9e2
  5. #f3f4f7

Shades

#a8afc3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a8afc3
  2. #979eb0
  3. #868c9c
  4. #767b89
  5. #656975
  6. #545862
  7. #43464e
  8. #32353b
  9. #222327
  10. #111214
  11. #000000

Tints

#a8afc3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a8afc3
  2. #b1b7c9
  3. #b9bfcf
  4. #c2c7d5
  5. #cbcfdb
  6. #d4d7e1
  7. #dcdfe7
  8. #e5e7ed
  9. #eeeff3
  10. #f6f7f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a8afc3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a8afc3
  2. #a4aabc
  3. #a0a6b6
  4. #9ca1af
  5. #989ca8
  6. #9498a2
  7. #90939b
  8. #8c8e94
  9. #88898d
  10. #848587
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.19:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.58:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #acafb7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a9b0c4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a7aec2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a2b3b5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a9b0c4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a8aec3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a4b1bb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a8afc3 {
  color: #a8afc3;
}
Background
.bg-a8afc3 {
  background-color: #a8afc3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a8afc3 {
  border: 2px solid #a8afc3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a8afc3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 168 175 195;
  --color-primary-hsl: 224 18% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a8afc3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a8afc3, #afa8c3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a8afc3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(168 175 195 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 4.96 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 6.99 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 9.05 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 9.16 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 9.16 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 10.07 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 11.09 #57503c Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#a8afc3  rgb(168, 175, 195)  hsl(224, 18%, 71%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#c3bca8  rgb(195, 188, 168)  hsl(44, 18%, 71%)  Bone
#c3a8af  rgb(195, 168, 175)  hsl(344, 18%, 71%)  Silver Pink
#afc3a8  rgb(175, 195, 168)  hsl(104, 18%, 71%)  Ash Gray