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#A198CD

#a198cd ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#a198cd is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 63.14% red, 59.61% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 21.46% cyan, 25.85% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 250.19°, with 34.64% saturation and 70% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.89:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 8.42.

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Relative luminance0.3444

Complementary

  1. #a198cd
  2. #c4cd98

Split complementary

  1. #a198cd
  2. #cdbc98
  3. #a9cd98

Analogous

  1. #98a9cd
  2. #a198cd
  3. #bc98cd

Triadic

  1. #a198cd
  2. #cda198
  3. #98cda1

Tetradic

  1. #a198cd
  2. #cd98c4
  3. #c4cd98
  4. #98cda1

Square

  1. #a198cd
  2. #cd98a9
  3. #c4cd98
  4. #98cdbc

Monochromatic

  1. #4f4389
  2. #7265b4
  3. #a198cd
  4. #d0cce6
  5. #f2f1f8

Shades

#a198cd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a198cd
  2. #9189b9
  3. #817aa4
  4. #716a90
  5. #615b7b
  6. #514c67
  7. #403d52
  8. #302e3e
  9. #201e29
  10. #100f15
  11. #000000

Tints

#a198cd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a198cd
  2. #aaa2d2
  3. #b4add7
  4. #bdb7dc
  5. #c7c1e1
  6. #d0cce6
  7. #d9d6eb
  8. #e3e0f0
  9. #eceaf5
  10. #f6f5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a198cd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a198cd
  2. #9e96c5
  3. #9a93be
  4. #9791b6
  5. #948eae
  6. #918ca7
  7. #8d8a9f
  8. #8a8797
  9. #87858f
  10. #838288
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.66:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.89:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a09cb3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8b9fcf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8c9ecc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #98a1aa ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #959cce ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #959bcc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9c9db9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a198cd {
  color: #a198cd;
}
Background
.bg-a198cd {
  background-color: #a198cd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a198cd {
  border: 2px solid #a198cd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a198cd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 161 152 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 250 35% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a198cd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a198cd, #bc98cd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a198cd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(161 152 205 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.42 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.98 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 9.16 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 10.21 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 10.37 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 10.90 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 10.90 #5e6732 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#a198cd  rgb(161, 152, 205)  hsl(250, 35%, 70%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#c4cd98  rgb(196, 205, 152)  hsl(70, 35%, 70%)  Sage
#cda198  rgb(205, 161, 152)  hsl(10, 35%, 70%)  Pastel Pink
#98cda1  rgb(152, 205, 161)  hsl(130, 35%, 70%)  Dark Sea Green