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#ACA0EA

#aca0ea ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#aca0ea is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.45% red, 62.75% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 26.5% cyan, 31.62% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 249.73°, with 63.79% saturation and 77.25% 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 8.97:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 8.26.

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Relative luminance0.3985

Complementary

  1. #aca0ea
  2. #deeaa0

Split complementary

  1. #aca0ea
  2. #ead1a0
  3. #b9eaa0

Analogous

  1. #a0b9ea
  2. #aca0ea
  3. #d1a0ea

Triadic

  1. #aca0ea
  2. #eaaca0
  3. #a0eaac

Tetradic

  1. #aca0ea
  2. #eaa0de
  3. #deeaa0
  4. #a0eaac

Square

  1. #aca0ea
  2. #eaa0b9
  3. #deeaa0
  4. #a0ead1

Monochromatic

  1. #452cc5
  2. #7561dc
  3. #aca0ea
  4. #e3dff8
  5. #f0eefb

Shades

#aca0ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aca0ea
  2. #9b90d3
  3. #8a80bb
  4. #7870a4
  5. #67608c
  6. #565075
  7. #45405e
  8. #343046
  9. #22202f
  10. #111017
  11. #000000

Tints

#aca0ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aca0ea
  2. #b4aaec
  3. #bdb3ee
  4. #c5bdf0
  5. #cdc6f2
  6. #d6d0f5
  7. #ded9f7
  8. #e6e3f9
  9. #eeecfb
  10. #f7f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aca0ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aca0ea
  2. #a89ddf
  3. #a39ad5
  4. #9f96ca
  5. #9a93c0
  6. #9690b5
  7. #928daa
  8. #8d8aa0
  9. #898695
  10. #84838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.34:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.97:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a9a9a9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aaa6c7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8cabed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8da8e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9eadbb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9aa6ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9aa5e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a4a8cf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aca0ea {
  color: #aca0ea;
}
Background
.bg-aca0ea {
  background-color: #aca0ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aca0ea {
  border: 2px solid #aca0ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aca0ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 172 160 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 250 64% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aca0ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aca0ea, #d1a0ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aca0ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(172 160 234 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.26 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.93 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 10.30 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 10.78 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 11.39 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 12.15 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 12.49 #535f15 Inverted #a9a9a9 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#aca0ea  rgb(172, 160, 234)  hsl(250, 64%, 77%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#deeaa0  rgb(222, 234, 160)  hsl(70, 64%, 77%)  Pale Goldenrod
#eaaca0  rgb(234, 172, 160)  hsl(10, 64%, 77%)  Melon
#a0eaac  rgb(160, 234, 172)  hsl(130, 64%, 77%)  Granny Smith Apple