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#A49BCD

#a49bcd ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#a49bcd is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 64.31% red, 60.78% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20% cyan, 24.39% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 250.8°, with 33.33% saturation and 70.59% 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 8.15:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 8.01.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.3574

Complementary

  1. #a49bcd
  2. #c4cd9b

Split complementary

  1. #a49bcd
  2. #cdbd9b
  3. #abcd9b

Analogous

  1. #9babcd
  2. #a49bcd
  3. #bd9bcd

Triadic

  1. #a49bcd
  2. #cda49b
  3. #9bcda4

Tetradic

  1. #a49bcd
  2. #cd9bc4
  3. #c4cd9b
  4. #9bcda4

Square

  1. #a49bcd
  2. #cd9bab
  3. #c4cd9b
  4. #9bcdbd

Monochromatic

  1. #51458a
  2. #7668b3
  3. #a49bcd
  4. #d2cee7
  5. #f3f1f8

Shades

#a49bcd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a49bcd
  2. #948cb9
  3. #837ca4
  4. #736d90
  5. #625d7b
  6. #524e67
  7. #423e52
  8. #312f3e
  9. #211f29
  10. #101015
  11. #000000

Tints

#a49bcd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a49bcd
  2. #ada5d2
  3. #b6afd7
  4. #bfb9dc
  5. #c8c3e1
  6. #d2cde6
  7. #dbd7eb
  8. #e4e1f0
  9. #edebf5
  10. #f6f5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a49bcd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a49bcd
  2. #a098c5
  3. #9d96be
  4. #9993b6
  5. #9690ae
  6. #928ea7
  7. #8e8b9f
  8. #8b8897
  9. #87858f
  10. #848388
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.58:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.15:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a29fb4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8fa2cf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #90a0cc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9ca3ac ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #989fce ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #989ecc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9fa0ba ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a49bcd {
  color: #a49bcd;
}
Background
.bg-a49bcd {
  background-color: #a49bcd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a49bcd {
  border: 2px solid #a49bcd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a49bcd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 164 155 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 251 33% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a49bcd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a49bcd, #bd9bcd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a49bcd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(164 155 205 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.01 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.53 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 9.27 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 9.52 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 10.16 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 11.01 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 11.01 #5b6432 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#a49bcd  rgb(164, 155, 205)  hsl(251, 33%, 71%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#c4cd9b  rgb(196, 205, 155)  hsl(71, 33%, 71%)  Sage
#cda49b  rgb(205, 164, 155)  hsl(11, 33%, 71%)  Pastel Pink
#9bcda4  rgb(155, 205, 164)  hsl(131, 33%, 71%)  Dark Sea Green