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#afa5f0 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#afa5f0 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 64.71% green and 94.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 27.08% cyan, 31.25% magenta, 0% yellow and 5.88% black. Its hue angle is 248°, with 71.43% saturation and 79.41% 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 9.46:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 7.95.

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Relative luminance0.4232

Complementary

  1. #afa5f0
  2. #e6f0a5

Split complementary

  1. #afa5f0
  2. #f0d4a5
  3. #c0f0a5

Analogous

  1. #a5c0f0
  2. #afa5f0
  3. #d4a5f0

Triadic

  1. #afa5f0
  2. #f0afa5
  3. #a5f0af

Tetradic

  1. #afa5f0
  2. #f0a5e6
  3. #e6f0a5
  4. #a5f0af

Square

  1. #afa5f0
  2. #f0a5c0
  3. #e6f0a5
  4. #a5f0d4

Monochromatic

  1. #3c24d8
  2. #7563e5
  3. #afa5f0
  4. #e9e7fb
  5. #efeefc

Shades

#afa5f0 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #afa5f0
  2. #9e95d8
  3. #8c84c0
  4. #7b74a8
  5. #696390
  6. #585378
  7. #464260
  8. #353248
  9. #232130
  10. #121118
  11. #000000

Tints

#afa5f0 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #afa5f0
  2. #b7aef2
  3. #bfb7f3
  4. #c7c0f5
  5. #cfc9f6
  6. #d7d2f8
  7. #dfdbf9
  8. #e7e4fb
  9. #efedfc
  10. #f7f6fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#afa5f0 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #afa5f0
  2. #aaa1e5
  3. #a69eda
  4. #a19ace
  5. #9c96c3
  6. #9893b8
  7. #938fad
  8. #8e8ba2
  9. #898796
  10. #85848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.22:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.46:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aeaeae ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aeaacc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #91aff3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #91acee ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a0b2c0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9eabf2 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9ea9ef ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a6add5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-afa5f0 {
  color: #afa5f0;
}
Background
.bg-afa5f0 {
  background-color: #afa5f0;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-afa5f0 {
  border: 2px solid #afa5f0;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #afa5f0;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 165 240;
  --color-primary-hsl: 248 71% 79%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-afa5f0 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #afa5f0, #d4a5f0);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-afa5f0 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 165 240 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.95 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 9.39 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 9.97 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 10.20 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 11.18 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 11.98 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 13.23 #505a0f Inverted #aeaeae Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#afa5f0  rgb(175, 165, 240)  hsl(248, 71%, 79%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#e6f0a5  rgb(230, 240, 165)  hsl(68, 71%, 79%)  Pale Goldenrod
#f0afa5  rgb(240, 175, 165)  hsl(8, 71%, 79%)  Melon
#a5f0af  rgb(165, 240, 175)  hsl(128, 71%, 79%)  Granny Smith Apple