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#afa7e9 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#afa7e9 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 65.49% green and 91.37% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 24.89% cyan, 28.33% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.63% black. Its hue angle is 247.27°, with 60% saturation and 78.43% 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 9.53:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 7.17.

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Relative luminance0.4263

Complementary

  1. #afa7e9
  2. #e1e9a7

Split complementary

  1. #afa7e9
  2. #e9d0a7
  3. #c0e9a7

Analogous

  1. #a7c0e9
  2. #afa7e9
  3. #d0a7e9

Triadic

  1. #afa7e9
  2. #e9afa7
  3. #a7e9af

Tetradic

  1. #afa7e9
  2. #e9a7e1
  3. #e1e9a7
  4. #a7e9af

Square

  1. #afa7e9
  2. #e9a7c0
  3. #e1e9a7
  4. #a7e9d0

Monochromatic

  1. #4331c6
  2. #776ada
  3. #afa7e9
  4. #e7e4f8
  5. #f0effb

Shades

#afa7e9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #afa7e9
  2. #9e96d2
  3. #8c86ba
  4. #7b75a3
  5. #69648c
  6. #585475
  7. #46435d
  8. #353246
  9. #23212f
  10. #121117
  11. #000000

Tints

#afa7e9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #afa7e9
  2. #b7b0eb
  3. #bfb9ed
  4. #c7c1f0
  5. #cfcaf2
  6. #d7d3f4
  7. #dfdcf6
  8. #e7e5f8
  9. #efedfb
  10. #f7f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#afa7e9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #afa7e9
  2. #aaa3df
  3. #a69fd4
  4. #a19bca
  5. #9c97bf
  6. #9894b5
  7. #9390aa
  8. #8e8ca0
  9. #898895
  10. #85848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.53:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #afacc9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #96b0ec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #96ade7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a2b2be ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a1aceb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a1abe8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a8aed1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-afa7e9 {
  color: #afa7e9;
}
Background
.bg-afa7e9 {
  background-color: #afa7e9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-afa7e9 {
  border: 2px solid #afa7e9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #afa7e9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 167 233;
  --color-primary-hsl: 247 60% 78%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-afa7e9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #afa7e9, #d0a7e9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-afa7e9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 167 233 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.17 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.85 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 9.41 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 9.98 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 11.40 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 12.16 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 12.58 #505816 Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#afa7e9  rgb(175, 167, 233)  hsl(247, 60%, 78%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#e1e9a7  rgb(225, 233, 167)  hsl(67, 60%, 78%)  Pale Goldenrod
#e9afa7  rgb(233, 175, 167)  hsl(7, 60%, 78%)  Pastel Pink
#a7e9af  rgb(167, 233, 175)  hsl(127, 60%, 78%)  Celadon