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#AFA5DB

#afa5db ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#afa5db is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 64.71% green and 85.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20.09% cyan, 24.66% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 251.11°, with 42.86% saturation and 75.29% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with imagination, spirituality and luxury. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.23:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 7.31.

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Relative luminance0.4114

Complementary

  1. #afa5db
  2. #d1dba5

Split complementary

  1. #afa5db
  2. #dbcaa5
  3. #b6dba5

Analogous

  1. #a5b6db
  2. #afa5db
  3. #caa5db

Triadic

  1. #afa5db
  2. #dbafa5
  3. #a5dbaf

Tetradic

  1. #afa5db
  2. #dba5d1
  3. #d1dba5
  4. #a5dbaf

Square

  1. #afa5db
  2. #dba5b6
  3. #d1dba5
  4. #a5dbca

Monochromatic

  1. #5442a5
  2. #7e6ec5
  3. #afa5db
  4. #e0dcf1
  5. #f2f0f9

Shades

#afa5db mixed progressively with black.

  1. #afa5db
  2. #9e95c5
  3. #8c84af
  4. #7b7499
  5. #696383
  6. #58536e
  7. #464258
  8. #353242
  9. #23212c
  10. #121116
  11. #000000

Tints

#afa5db mixed progressively with white.

  1. #afa5db
  2. #b7aedf
  3. #bfb7e2
  4. #c7c0e6
  5. #cfc9e9
  6. #d7d2ed
  7. #dfdbf1
  8. #e7e4f4
  9. #efedf8
  10. #f7f6fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#afa5db mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #afa5db
  2. #aaa1d2
  3. #a69ec9
  4. #a19ac0
  5. #9c96b7
  6. #9893ae
  7. #938fa4
  8. #8e8b9b
  9. #898792
  10. #858489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.28:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.23:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #acacac ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ada9c0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #98addd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #99abd9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a6aeb8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a2aadc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a2a9da ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aaaac7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-afa5db {
  color: #afa5db;
}
Background
.bg-afa5db {
  background-color: #afa5db;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-afa5db {
  border: 2px solid #afa5db;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #afa5db;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 165 219;
  --color-primary-hsl: 251 43% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-afa5db {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #afa5db, #caa5db);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-afa5db {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 165 219 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.31 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 7.47 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 9.78 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 9.94 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 10.19 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 10.39 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 11.44 #505a24 Inverted #acacac Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#afa5db  rgb(175, 165, 219)  hsl(251, 43%, 75%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#d1dba5  rgb(209, 219, 165)  hsl(71, 43%, 75%)  Pale Goldenrod
#dbafa5  rgb(219, 175, 165)  hsl(11, 43%, 75%)  Pastel Pink
#a5dbaf  rgb(165, 219, 175)  hsl(131, 43%, 75%)  Celadon