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#A09EC1

#a09ec1 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#a09ec1 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 62.75% red, 61.96% green and 75.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 17.1% cyan, 18.13% magenta, 0% yellow and 24.31% black. Its hue angle is 243.43°, with 22.01% saturation and 68.82% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.16:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 6.19.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.3578

Complementary

  1. #a09ec1
  2. #bfc19e

Split complementary

  1. #a09ec1
  2. #c1b19e
  3. #adc19e

Analogous

  1. #9eadc1
  2. #a09ec1
  3. #b19ec1

Triadic

  1. #a09ec1
  2. #c1a09e
  3. #9ec1a0

Tetradic

  1. #a09ec1
  2. #c19ebf
  3. #bfc19e
  4. #9ec1a0

Square

  1. #a09ec1
  2. #c19ead
  3. #bfc19e
  4. #9ec1b1

Monochromatic

  1. #504d79
  2. #726fa3
  3. #a09ec1
  4. #cecddf
  5. #f3f3f7

Shades

#a09ec1 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a09ec1
  2. #908eae
  3. #807e9a
  4. #706f87
  5. #605f74
  6. #504f61
  7. #403f4d
  8. #302f3a
  9. #202027
  10. #101013
  11. #000000

Tints

#a09ec1 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a09ec1
  2. #aaa8c7
  3. #b3b1cd
  4. #bdbbd4
  5. #c6c5da
  6. #d0cfe0
  7. #d9d8e6
  8. #e3e2ec
  9. #ececf3
  10. #f6f5f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a09ec1 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a09ec1
  2. #9d9bbb
  3. #9a98b4
  4. #9695ae
  5. #9392a7
  6. #908fa1
  7. #8d8c9a
  8. #8a8994
  9. #86868d
  10. #838387
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.57:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.16:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a1a0af ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #96a2c3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #95a0c0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #99a4aa ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9aa1c2 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9a9fc0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9ca1b3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a09ec1 {
  color: #a09ec1;
}
Background
.bg-a09ec1 {
  background-color: #a09ec1;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a09ec1 {
  border: 2px solid #a09ec1;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a09ec1;
  --color-primary-rgb: 160 158 193;
  --color-primary-hsl: 243 22% 69%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a09ec1 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a09ec1, #b19ec1);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a09ec1 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(160 158 193 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.19 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 6.44 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 8.06 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 8.68 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 11.22 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 11.33 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 13.19 #5f613e Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#a09ec1  rgb(160, 158, 193)  hsl(243, 22%, 69%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#bfc19e  rgb(191, 193, 158)  hsl(63, 22%, 69%)  Sage
#c1a09e  rgb(193, 160, 158)  hsl(3, 22%, 69%)  Silver Pink
#9ec1a0  rgb(158, 193, 160)  hsl(123, 22%, 69%)  Dark Sea Green