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#ACA0FF

#aca0ff ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#aca0ff 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 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 32.55% cyan, 37.25% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 247.58°, with 100% saturation and 81.37% 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 9.23:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 9.79.

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Web safe#9999ff
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Relative luminance0.4113

Complementary

  1. #aca0ff
  2. #f3ffa0

Split complementary

  1. #aca0ff
  2. #ffdba0
  3. #c3ffa0

Analogous

  1. #a0c3ff
  2. #aca0ff
  3. #dba0ff

Triadic

  1. #aca0ff
  2. #ffaca0
  3. #a0ffac

Tetradic

  1. #aca0ff
  2. #ffa0f3
  3. #f3ffa0
  4. #a0ffac

Square

  1. #aca0ff
  2. #ffa0c3
  3. #f3ffa0
  4. #a0ffdb

Monochromatic

  1. #2607ff
  2. #6953ff
  3. #aca0ff
  4. #edebff
  5. #edebff

Shades

#aca0ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aca0ff
  2. #9b90e6
  3. #8a80cc
  4. #7870b3
  5. #676099
  6. #565080
  7. #454066
  8. #34304d
  9. #222033
  10. #11101a
  11. #000000

Tints

#aca0ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aca0ff
  2. #b4aaff
  3. #bdb3ff
  4. #c5bdff
  5. #cdc6ff
  6. #d6d0ff
  7. #ded9ff
  8. #e6e3ff
  9. #eeecff
  10. #f7f6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aca0ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aca0ff
  2. #a89df2
  3. #a39ae6
  4. #9f96d9
  5. #9a93cc
  6. #9690c0
  7. #928db3
  8. #8d8aa6
  9. #898699
  10. #84838d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.28:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.23:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #acacac ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aca7d2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #83aeff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #83aafd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #98b2c4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #95a9ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #95a6fe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a0abde ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aca0ff {
  color: #aca0ff;
}
Background
.bg-aca0ff {
  background-color: #aca0ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aca0ff {
  border: 2px solid #aca0ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aca0ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 172 160 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 248 100% 81%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aca0ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aca0ff, #dba0ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aca0ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(172 160 255 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.79 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 11.36 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 11.37 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 11.63 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 11.68 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 12.43 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 13.91 #535f00 Inverted #acacac Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#aca0ff  rgb(172, 160, 255)  hsl(248, 100%, 81%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#f3ffa0  rgb(243, 255, 160)  hsl(68, 100%, 81%)  Pastel Yellow
#ffaca0  rgb(255, 172, 160)  hsl(8, 100%, 81%)  Melon
#a0ffac  rgb(160, 255, 172)  hsl(128, 100%, 81%)  Pale Green