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#ACA0EF

#aca0ef ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#aca0ef 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 93.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 28.03% cyan, 33.05% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 249.11°, with 71.17% saturation and 78.24% 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 9.03:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 8.55.

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Relative luminance0.4014

Complementary

  1. #aca0ef
  2. #e3efa0

Split complementary

  1. #aca0ef
  2. #efd4a0
  3. #bcefa0

Analogous

  1. #a0bcef
  2. #aca0ef
  3. #d4a0ef

Triadic

  1. #aca0ef
  2. #efaca0
  3. #a0efac

Tetradic

  1. #aca0ef
  2. #efa0e3
  3. #e3efa0
  4. #a0efac

Square

  1. #aca0ef
  2. #efa0bc
  3. #e3efa0
  4. #a0efd4

Monochromatic

  1. #3e23d3
  2. #735fe4
  3. #aca0ef
  4. #e5e1fa
  5. #f0eefc

Shades

#aca0ef mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aca0ef
  2. #9b90d7
  3. #8a80bf
  4. #7870a7
  5. #67608f
  6. #565078
  7. #454060
  8. #343048
  9. #222030
  10. #111018
  11. #000000

Tints

#aca0ef mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aca0ef
  2. #b4aaf1
  3. #bdb3f2
  4. #c5bdf4
  5. #cdc6f5
  6. #d6d0f7
  7. #ded9f9
  8. #e6e3fa
  9. #eeecfc
  10. #f7f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aca0ef mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aca0ef
  2. #a89de4
  3. #a39ad9
  4. #9f96ce
  5. #9a93c3
  6. #9690b8
  7. #928dac
  8. #8d8aa1
  9. #898696
  10. #84838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.33:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.03:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aaaaaa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aba6c9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8aabf2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8ba8ed ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9daebd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #99a7f1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #99a5ee ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a3a8d3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aca0ef {
  color: #aca0ef;
}
Background
.bg-aca0ef {
  background-color: #aca0ef;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aca0ef {
  border: 2px solid #aca0ef;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aca0ef;
  --color-primary-rgb: 172 160 239;
  --color-primary-hsl: 249 71% 78%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aca0ef {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aca0ef, #d4a0ef);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aca0ef {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(172 160 239 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.55 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 9.56 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 10.47 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 10.88 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 11.58 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 11.84 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 12.97 #535f10 Inverted #aaaaaa Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#aca0ef  rgb(172, 160, 239)  hsl(249, 71%, 78%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#e3efa0  rgb(227, 239, 160)  hsl(69, 71%, 78%)  Pale Goldenrod
#efaca0  rgb(239, 172, 160)  hsl(9, 71%, 78%)  Melon
#a0efac  rgb(160, 239, 172)  hsl(129, 71%, 78%)  Granny Smith Apple