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#A09EDA

#a09eda ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#a09eda 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 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 26.61% cyan, 27.52% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 242°, with 44.78% saturation and 73.73% 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 8.4:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 6.69.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.3699

Complementary

  1. #a09eda
  2. #d8da9e

Split complementary

  1. #a09eda
  2. #dabe9e
  3. #bada9e

Analogous

  1. #9ebada
  2. #a09eda
  3. #be9eda

Triadic

  1. #a09eda
  2. #daa09e
  3. #9edaa0

Tetradic

  1. #a09eda
  2. #da9ed8
  3. #d8da9e
  4. #9edaa0

Square

  1. #a09eda
  2. #da9eba
  3. #d8da9e
  4. #9edabe

Monochromatic

  1. #413ea1
  2. #6a67c5
  3. #a09eda
  4. #d6d5ef
  5. #f1f0f9

Shades

#a09eda mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a09eda
  2. #908ec4
  3. #807eae
  4. #706f99
  5. #605f83
  6. #504f6d
  7. #403f57
  8. #302f41
  9. #20202c
  10. #101016
  11. #000000

Tints

#a09eda mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a09eda
  2. #aaa8de
  3. #b3b1e1
  4. #bdbbe5
  5. #c6c5e9
  6. #d0cfed
  7. #d9d8f0
  8. #e3e2f4
  9. #ececf8
  10. #f6f5fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a09eda mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a09eda
  2. #9d9bd1
  3. #9a98c8
  4. #9695bf
  5. #9392b6
  6. #908fad
  7. #8d8ca4
  8. #8a899b
  9. #868692
  10. #838389
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.5:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.4:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a4a4a4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a2a1bc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8ea5dd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8ca2d8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #93a9b3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #95a3dc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #95a0d9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #98a4c4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a09eda {
  color: #a09eda;
}
Background
.bg-a09eda {
  background-color: #a09eda;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a09eda {
  border: 2px solid #a09eda;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a09eda;
  --color-primary-rgb: 160 158 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 242 45% 74%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a09eda {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a09eda, #be9eda);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a09eda {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(160 158 218 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.69 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 9.90 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 10.45 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 12.09 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 12.23 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 12.61 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 12.74 #5f6125 Inverted #a4a4a4 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#a09eda  rgb(160, 158, 218)  hsl(242, 45%, 74%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#d8da9e  rgb(216, 218, 158)  hsl(62, 45%, 74%)  Pale Goldenrod
#daa09e  rgb(218, 160, 158)  hsl(2, 45%, 74%)  Pastel Pink
#9edaa0  rgb(158, 218, 160)  hsl(122, 45%, 74%)  Celadon