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#B1AFFF

#b1afff ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#b1afff is a color from the blue family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 69.41% red, 68.63% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 30.59% cyan, 31.37% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 241.5°, with 100% saturation and 84.31% 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 10.45:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 8.11.

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Relative luminance0.4723

Complementary

  1. #b1afff
  2. #fdffaf

Split complementary

  1. #b1afff
  2. #ffd9af
  3. #d5ffaf

Analogous

  1. #afd5ff
  2. #b1afff
  3. #d9afff

Triadic

  1. #b1afff
  2. #ffb1af
  3. #afffb1

Tetradic

  1. #b1afff
  2. #ffaffd
  3. #fdffaf
  4. #afffb1

Square

  1. #b1afff
  2. #ffafd5
  3. #fdffaf
  4. #afffd9

Monochromatic

  1. #1c16ff
  2. #6662ff
  3. #b1afff
  4. #ebebff
  5. #ebebff

Shades

#b1afff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b1afff
  2. #9f9ee6
  3. #8e8ccc
  4. #7c7bb3
  5. #6a6999
  6. #595880
  7. #474666
  8. #35354d
  9. #232333
  10. #12121a
  11. #000000

Tints

#b1afff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b1afff
  2. #b9b7ff
  3. #c1bfff
  4. #c8c7ff
  5. #d0cfff
  6. #d8d7ff
  7. #e0dfff
  8. #e8e7ff
  9. #efefff
  10. #f7f7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b1afff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b1afff
  2. #acaaf2
  3. #a7a6e6
  4. #a2a1d9
  5. #9d9ccc
  6. #9998c0
  7. #9493b3
  8. #8f8ea6
  9. #8a8999
  10. #85858d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.01:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.45:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b7b7b7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b4b4d8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #98b9ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #95b4fd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9ebecc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a3b5ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a1b2fe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a6b8e2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b1afff {
  color: #b1afff;
}
Background
.bg-b1afff {
  background-color: #b1afff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b1afff {
  border: 2px solid #b1afff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b1afff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 177 175 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 242 100% 84%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b1afff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b1afff, #d9afff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b1afff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(177 175 255 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.11 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.68 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.26 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 11.10 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 12.04 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 12.75 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 14.51 #4e5000 Inverted #b7b7b7 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#b1afff  rgb(177, 175, 255)  hsl(242, 100%, 84%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#fdffaf  rgb(253, 255, 175)  hsl(62, 100%, 84%)  Pastel Yellow
#ffb1af  rgb(255, 177, 175)  hsl(2, 100%, 84%)  Melon
#afffb1  rgb(175, 255, 177)  hsl(122, 100%, 84%)  Pale Green