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#afa8ea ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#afa8ea is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 65.88% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.21% cyan, 28.21% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 246.36°, with 61.11% saturation and 78.82% 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 9.61:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 7.04.

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Relative luminance0.4306

Complementary

  1. #afa8ea
  2. #e3eaa8

Split complementary

  1. #afa8ea
  2. #ead0a8
  3. #c2eaa8

Analogous

  1. #a8c2ea
  2. #afa8ea
  3. #d0a8ea

Triadic

  1. #afa8ea
  2. #eaafa8
  3. #a8eaaf

Tetradic

  1. #afa8ea
  2. #eaa8e3
  3. #e3eaa8
  4. #a8eaaf

Square

  1. #afa8ea
  2. #eaa8c2
  3. #e3eaa8
  4. #a8ead0

Monochromatic

  1. #4130c9
  2. #766adb
  3. #afa8ea
  4. #e8e6f9
  5. #f0effb

Shades

#afa8ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #afa8ea
  2. #9e97d3
  3. #8c86bb
  4. #7b76a4
  5. #69658c
  6. #585475
  7. #46435e
  8. #353246
  9. #23222f
  10. #121117
  11. #000000

Tints

#afa8ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #afa8ea
  2. #b7b1ec
  3. #bfb9ee
  4. #c7c2f0
  5. #cfcbf2
  6. #d7d4f5
  7. #dfdcf7
  8. #e7e5f9
  9. #efeefb
  10. #f7f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#afa8ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #afa8ea
  2. #aaa4df
  3. #a6a0d5
  4. #a19cca
  5. #9c98c0
  6. #9894b5
  7. #9390aa
  8. #8e8ca0
  9. #898895
  10. #85848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.18:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.61:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #afacca ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #97b1ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #96aee8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a2b3bf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a1adec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a1ace9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a7afd2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-afa8ea {
  color: #afa8ea;
}
Background
.bg-afa8ea {
  background-color: #afa8ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-afa8ea {
  border: 2px solid #afa8ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #afa8ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 168 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 246 61% 79%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-afa8ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #afa8ea, #d0a8ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-afa8ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 168 234 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.04 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 9.12 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 9.17 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 10.08 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 11.16 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 12.38 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 12.68 #505715 Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#afa8ea  rgb(175, 168, 234)  hsl(246, 61%, 79%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#e3eaa8  rgb(227, 234, 168)  hsl(66, 61%, 79%)  Pale Goldenrod
#eaafa8  rgb(234, 175, 168)  hsl(6, 61%, 79%)  Pastel Pink
#a8eaaf  rgb(168, 234, 175)  hsl(126, 61%, 79%)  Granny Smith Apple