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#B4AFFE

#b4affe ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#b4affe is a color from the blue family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.59% red, 68.63% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 29.13% cyan, 31.1% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 243.8°, with 97.53% saturation and 84.12% 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 10.5:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 8.2.

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Web safe#cc99ff
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Relative luminance0.4752

Complementary

  1. #b4affe
  2. #f9feaf

Split complementary

  1. #b4affe
  2. #fedcaf
  3. #d2feaf

Analogous

  1. #afd2fe
  2. #b4affe
  3. #dcaffe

Triadic

  1. #b4affe
  2. #feb4af
  3. #affeb4

Tetradic

  1. #b4affe
  2. #feaff9
  3. #f9feaf
  4. #affeb4

Square

  1. #b4affe
  2. #feafd2
  3. #f9feaf
  4. #affedc

Monochromatic

  1. #2618fc
  2. #6d63fd
  3. #b4affe
  4. #ecebff
  5. #ecebff

Shades

#b4affe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b4affe
  2. #a29ee5
  3. #908ccb
  4. #7e7bb2
  5. #6c6998
  6. #5a587f
  7. #484666
  8. #36354c
  9. #242333
  10. #121219
  11. #000000

Tints

#b4affe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b4affe
  2. #bcb7fe
  3. #c3bffe
  4. #cbc7fe
  5. #d2cffe
  6. #dad7ff
  7. #e1dfff
  8. #e9e7ff
  9. #f0efff
  10. #f8f7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b4affe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b4affe
  2. #afaaf1
  3. #aaa6e5
  4. #a4a1d8
  5. #9f9ccc
  6. #9a98bf
  7. #9593b2
  8. #908ea6
  9. #8a8999
  10. #85858d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.5:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b7b7b7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b6b4d7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #99b9ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #97b5fc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a2bdcb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a4b5ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a4b3fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aab8e1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b4affe {
  color: #b4affe;
}
Background
.bg-b4affe {
  background-color: #b4affe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b4affe {
  border: 2px solid #b4affe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b4affe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 180 175 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 244 98% 84%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b4affe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b4affe, #dcaffe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b4affe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(180 175 254 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.20 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.38 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.49 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 10.29 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 11.28 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 12.91 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 14.64 #4b5001 Inverted #b7b7b7 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#b4affe  rgb(180, 175, 254)  hsl(244, 98%, 84%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#f9feaf  rgb(249, 254, 175)  hsl(64, 98%, 84%)  Pastel Yellow
#feb4af  rgb(254, 180, 175)  hsl(4, 98%, 84%)  Melon
#affeb4  rgb(175, 254, 180)  hsl(124, 98%, 84%)  Pale Green