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#afaaca ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#afaaca is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 66.67% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 13.37% cyan, 15.84% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 249.38°, with 23.19% saturation and 72.94% 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 9.43:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 6.24.

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Relative luminance0.4213

Complementary

  1. #afaaca
  2. #c5caaa

Split complementary

  1. #afaaca
  2. #cabfaa
  3. #b5caaa

Analogous

  1. #aab5ca
  2. #afaaca
  3. #bfaaca

Triadic

  1. #afaaca
  2. #caafaa
  3. #aacaaf

Tetradic

  1. #afaaca
  2. #caaac5
  3. #c5caaa
  4. #aacaaf

Square

  1. #afaaca
  2. #caaab5
  3. #c5caaa
  4. #aacabf

Monochromatic

  1. #5c5487
  2. #837bad
  3. #afaaca
  4. #dbd9e7
  5. #f3f2f7

Shades

#afaaca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #afaaca
  2. #9e99b6
  3. #8c88a2
  4. #7b778d
  5. #696679
  6. #585565
  7. #464451
  8. #35333d
  9. #232228
  10. #121114
  11. #000000

Tints

#afaaca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #afaaca
  2. #b7b3cf
  3. #bfbbd5
  4. #c7c4da
  5. #cfccdf
  6. #d7d5e5
  7. #dfddea
  8. #e7e6ef
  9. #efeef4
  10. #f7f7fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#afaaca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #afaaca
  2. #aaa6c3
  3. #a6a2bb
  4. #a19db4
  5. #9c99ac
  6. #9895a5
  7. #93919e
  8. #8e8d96
  9. #89888f
  10. #858487
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.23:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.43:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aeaeae ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aeacba ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a3aecb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a4adc9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #aaafb5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a8accb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a8acc9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #acadbe ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-afaaca {
  color: #afaaca;
}
Background
.bg-afaaca {
  background-color: #afaaca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-afaaca {
  border: 2px solid #afaaca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #afaaca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 170 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 249 23% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-afaaca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #afaaca, #bfaaca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-afaaca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 170 202 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.24 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 7.08 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 8.60 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 9.61 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 9.78 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 9.84 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 10.01 #505535 Inverted #aeaeae Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#afaaca  rgb(175, 170, 202)  hsl(249, 23%, 73%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#c5caaa  rgb(197, 202, 170)  hsl(69, 23%, 73%)  Sage
#caafaa  rgb(202, 175, 170)  hsl(9, 23%, 73%)  Silver Pink
#aacaaf  rgb(170, 202, 175)  hsl(129, 23%, 73%)  Dark Sea Green