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#afabc7 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#afabc7 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 67.06% green and 78.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 12.06% cyan, 14.07% magenta, 0% yellow and 21.96% black. Its hue angle is 248.57°, with 20% saturation and 72.55% 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 9.47:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 6.17.

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Relative luminance0.4236

Complementary

  1. #afabc7
  2. #c3c7ab

Split complementary

  1. #afabc7
  2. #c7bdab
  3. #b5c7ab

Analogous

  1. #abb5c7
  2. #afabc7
  3. #bdabc7

Triadic

  1. #afabc7
  2. #c7afab
  3. #abc7af

Tetradic

  1. #afabc7
  2. #c7abc3
  3. #c3c7ab
  4. #abc7af

Square

  1. #afabc7
  2. #c7abb5
  3. #c3c7ab
  4. #abc7bd

Monochromatic

  1. #5d5782
  2. #837da8
  3. #afabc7
  4. #dbd9e6
  5. #f3f3f7

Shades

#afabc7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #afabc7
  2. #9e9ab3
  3. #8c899f
  4. #7b788b
  5. #696777
  6. #585664
  7. #464450
  8. #35333c
  9. #232228
  10. #121114
  11. #000000

Tints

#afabc7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #afabc7
  2. #b7b3cd
  3. #bfbcd2
  4. #c7c4d8
  5. #cfcddd
  6. #d7d5e3
  7. #dfdde9
  8. #e7e6ee
  9. #efeef4
  10. #f7f7f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#afabc7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #afabc7
  2. #aaa7c0
  3. #a6a2b9
  4. #a19eb2
  5. #9c9aab
  6. #9896a4
  7. #93919c
  8. #8e8d95
  9. #89898e
  10. #858487
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.22:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.47:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aeaeae ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aeadb9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a5aec8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a5aec6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #abafb4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a9adc8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a9adc7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #acaebc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-afabc7 {
  color: #afabc7;
}
Background
.bg-afabc7 {
  background-color: #afabc7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-afabc7 {
  border: 2px solid #afabc7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #afabc7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 171 199;
  --color-primary-hsl: 249 20% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-afabc7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #afabc7, #bdabc7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-afabc7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 171 199 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.17 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 7.08 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 8.26 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 9.38 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 9.47 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 9.82 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 10.46 #505438 Inverted #aeaeae Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#afabc7  rgb(175, 171, 199)  hsl(249, 20%, 73%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#c3c7ab  rgb(195, 199, 171)  hsl(69, 20%, 73%)  Sage
#c7afab  rgb(199, 175, 171)  hsl(9, 20%, 73%)  Silver Pink
#abc7af  rgb(171, 199, 175)  hsl(129, 20%, 73%)  Opal