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#ACA0FA

#aca0fa ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#aca0fa 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 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 31.2% cyan, 36% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 248°, with 90% saturation and 80.39% 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 9.16:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 9.37.

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Relative luminance0.4081

Complementary

  1. #aca0fa
  2. #eefaa0

Split complementary

  1. #aca0fa
  2. #fad9a0
  3. #c1faa0

Analogous

  1. #a0c1fa
  2. #aca0fa
  3. #d9a0fa

Triadic

  1. #aca0fa
  2. #faaca0
  3. #a0faac

Tetradic

  1. #aca0fa
  2. #faa0ee
  3. #eefaa0
  4. #a0faac

Square

  1. #aca0fa
  2. #faa0c1
  3. #eefaa0
  4. #a0fad9

Monochromatic

  1. #2d0ff2
  2. #6c57f6
  3. #aca0fa
  4. #ebe9fe
  5. #eeecfe

Shades

#aca0fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aca0fa
  2. #9b90e1
  3. #8a80c8
  4. #7870af
  5. #676096
  6. #56507d
  7. #454064
  8. #34304b
  9. #222032
  10. #111019
  11. #000000

Tints

#aca0fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aca0fa
  2. #b4aafb
  3. #bdb3fb
  4. #c5bdfc
  5. #cdc6fc
  6. #d6d0fd
  7. #ded9fd
  8. #e6e3fe
  9. #eeecfe
  10. #f7f6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aca0fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aca0fa
  2. #a89dee
  3. #a39ae2
  4. #9f96d5
  5. #9a93c9
  6. #9690bd
  7. #928db1
  8. #8d8aa5
  9. #898698
  10. #84838c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.16:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aca7cf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #86adfe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #85a9f8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #99b0c1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #96a8fc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #96a6f9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a1aada ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aca0fa {
  color: #aca0fa;
}
Background
.bg-aca0fa {
  background-color: #aca0fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aca0fa {
  border: 2px solid #aca0fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aca0fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 172 160 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 248 90% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aca0fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aca0fa, #d9a0fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aca0fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(172 160 250 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.37 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 10.99 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 11.04 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 11.37 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 11.44 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 12.14 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 13.81 #535f05 Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#aca0fa  rgb(172, 160, 250)  hsl(248, 90%, 80%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#eefaa0  rgb(238, 250, 160)  hsl(68, 90%, 80%)  Pastel Yellow
#faaca0  rgb(250, 172, 160)  hsl(8, 90%, 80%)  Melon
#a0faac  rgb(160, 250, 172)  hsl(128, 90%, 80%)  Pale Green