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#af9dfd ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#af9dfd is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 61.57% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 30.83% cyan, 37.94% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 251.25°, with 96% saturation and 80.39% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with imagination, spirituality and luxury. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.06:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 10.36.

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Web safe#9999ff
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Relative luminance0.4032

Complementary

  1. #af9dfd
  2. #ebfd9d

Split complementary

  1. #af9dfd
  2. #fddf9d
  3. #bbfd9d

Analogous

  1. #9dbbfd
  2. #af9dfd
  3. #df9dfd

Triadic

  1. #af9dfd
  2. #fdaf9d
  3. #9dfdaf

Tetradic

  1. #af9dfd
  2. #fd9deb
  3. #ebfd9d
  4. #9dfdaf

Square

  1. #af9dfd
  2. #fd9dbb
  3. #ebfd9d
  4. #9dfddf

Monochromatic

  1. #3507fa
  2. #7252fb
  3. #af9dfd
  4. #ece8ff
  5. #efebff

Shades

#af9dfd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #af9dfd
  2. #9e8de4
  3. #8c7eca
  4. #7b6eb1
  5. #695e98
  6. #584f7f
  7. #463f65
  8. #352f4c
  9. #231f33
  10. #121019
  11. #000000

Tints

#af9dfd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #af9dfd
  2. #b7a7fd
  3. #bfb1fd
  4. #c7bafe
  5. #cfc4fe
  6. #d7cefe
  7. #dfd8fe
  8. #e7e2fe
  9. #efebff
  10. #f7f5ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#af9dfd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #af9dfd
  2. #aa9af1
  3. #a697e4
  4. #a194d8
  5. #9c91cb
  6. #988fbf
  7. #938cb2
  8. #8e89a6
  9. #898699
  10. #85838d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.32:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.06:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aaaaaa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aca5d1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #81acff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #82a8fb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9daec1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #96a6ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #96a4fc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a4a8dc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-af9dfd {
  color: #af9dfd;
}
Background
.bg-af9dfd {
  background-color: #af9dfd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-af9dfd {
  border: 2px solid #af9dfd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #af9dfd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 157 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 251 96% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-af9dfd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #af9dfd, #df9dfd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-af9dfd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 157 253 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 10.36 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 10.40 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 10.69 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 10.78 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 12.08 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 12.96 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 13.11 #506202 Inverted #aaaaaa Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#af9dfd  rgb(175, 157, 253)  hsl(251, 96%, 80%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#ebfd9d  rgb(235, 253, 157)  hsl(71, 96%, 80%)  Pastel Yellow
#fdaf9d  rgb(253, 175, 157)  hsl(11, 96%, 80%)  Vivid Tangerine
#9dfdaf  rgb(157, 253, 175)  hsl(131, 96%, 80%)  Pale Green