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#ACAEC0

#acaec0 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#acaec0 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.45% red, 68.24% green and 75.29% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 10.42% cyan, 9.37% magenta, 0% yellow and 24.71% black. Its hue angle is 234°, with 13.7% saturation and 71.37% 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 9.57:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 6.16.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.4285

Complementary

  1. #acaec0
  2. #c0beac

Split complementary

  1. #acaec0
  2. #c0b4ac
  3. #b8c0ac

Analogous

  1. #acb8c0
  2. #acaec0
  3. #b4acc0

Triadic

  1. #acaec0
  2. #c0acae
  3. #aec0ac

Tetradic

  1. #acaec0
  2. #beacc0
  3. #c0beac
  4. #aec0ac

Square

  1. #acaec0
  2. #c0acb8
  3. #c0beac
  4. #acc0b4

Monochromatic

  1. #5b5e78
  2. #81849f
  3. #acaec0
  4. #d7d8e1
  5. #f3f4f6

Shades

#acaec0 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #acaec0
  2. #9b9dad
  3. #8a8b9a
  4. #787a86
  5. #676873
  6. #565760
  7. #45464d
  8. #34343a
  9. #222326
  10. #111113
  11. #000000

Tints

#acaec0 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #acaec0
  2. #b4b6c6
  3. #bdbecd
  4. #c5c6d3
  5. #cdced9
  6. #d6d7e0
  7. #dedfe6
  8. #e6e7ec
  9. #eeeff2
  10. #f7f7f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#acaec0 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #acaec0
  2. #a8a9ba
  3. #a3a5b3
  4. #9fa0ad
  5. #9a9ca6
  6. #9697a0
  7. #92929a
  8. #8d8e93
  9. #89898d
  10. #848586
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.19:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.57:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aeafb6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #aab0c1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a9aebf ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a8b1b4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #abafc1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aaaec0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aab0b9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-acaec0 {
  color: #acaec0;
}
Background
.bg-acaec0 {
  background-color: #acaec0;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-acaec0 {
  border: 2px solid #acaec0;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #acaec0;
  --color-primary-rgb: 172 174 192;
  --color-primary-hsl: 234 14% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-acaec0 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #acaec0, #b4acc0);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-acaec0 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(172 174 192 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.16 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 8.56 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 8.56 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 8.77 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 9.19 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 9.56 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 9.95 #53513f Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#acaec0  rgb(172, 174, 192)  hsl(234, 14%, 71%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#c0beac  rgb(192, 190, 172)  hsl(54, 14%, 71%)  Ash Gray
#c0acae  rgb(192, 172, 174)  hsl(354, 14%, 71%)  Silver Pink
#aec0ac  rgb(174, 192, 172)  hsl(114, 14%, 71%)  Ash Gray