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#A9AFFD

#a9affd ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#a9affd is a color from the blue family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.27% red, 68.63% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 33.2% cyan, 30.83% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 235.71°, with 95.45% saturation and 82.75% 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 10.24:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 7.68.

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Relative luminance0.4619

Complementary

  1. #a9affd
  2. #fdf7a9

Split complementary

  1. #a9affd
  2. #fdcda9
  3. #d9fda9

Analogous

  1. #a9d9fd
  2. #a9affd
  3. #cda9fd

Triadic

  1. #a9affd
  2. #fda9af
  3. #affda9

Tetradic

  1. #a9affd
  2. #f7a9fd
  3. #fdf7a9
  4. #affda9

Square

  1. #a9affd
  2. #fda9d9
  3. #fdf7a9
  4. #a9fdcd

Monochromatic

  1. #1424fa
  2. #5e69fb
  3. #a9affd
  4. #ebecff
  5. #ebecff

Shades

#a9affd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a9affd
  2. #989ee4
  3. #878cca
  4. #767bb1
  5. #656998
  6. #55587f
  7. #444665
  8. #33354c
  9. #222333
  10. #111219
  11. #000000

Tints

#a9affd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a9affd
  2. #b2b7fd
  3. #babffd
  4. #c3c7fe
  5. #cbcffe
  6. #d4d7fe
  7. #dddffe
  8. #e5e7fe
  9. #eeefff
  10. #f6f7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a9affd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a9affd
  2. #a5aaf1
  3. #a1a6e4
  4. #9da1d8
  5. #999ccb
  6. #9598bf
  7. #9093b2
  8. #8c8ea6
  9. #888999
  10. #84858d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.05:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.24:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b5b5b5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b0b3d6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #97b8ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #93b2fb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #93becb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9fb5ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9cb1fc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9cb8e1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a9affd {
  color: #a9affd;
}
Background
.bg-a9affd {
  background-color: #a9affd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a9affd {
  border: 2px solid #a9affd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a9affd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 169 175 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 236 95% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a9affd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a9affd, #cda9fd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a9affd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(169 175 253 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.68 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 8.94 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 9.35 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 12.81 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 12.85 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 12.98 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 13.04 #565002 Inverted #b5b5b5 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#a9affd  rgb(169, 175, 253)  hsl(236, 95%, 83%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#fdf7a9  rgb(253, 247, 169)  hsl(56, 95%, 83%)  Pastel Yellow
#fda9af  rgb(253, 169, 175)  hsl(356, 95%, 83%)  Light Pink
#affda9  rgb(175, 253, 169)  hsl(116, 95%, 83%)  Pale Green