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#A59CD3

#a59cd3 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#a59cd3 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 64.71% red, 61.18% green and 82.75% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 21.8% cyan, 26.07% magenta, 0% yellow and 17.25% black. Its hue angle is 249.82°, with 38.46% saturation and 71.96% 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 8.3:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 7.8.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.3648

Complementary

  1. #a59cd3
  2. #cad39c

Split complementary

  1. #a59cd3
  2. #d3c09c
  3. #aed39c

Analogous

  1. #9caed3
  2. #a59cd3
  3. #c09cd3

Triadic

  1. #a59cd3
  2. #d3a59c
  3. #9cd3a5

Tetradic

  1. #a59cd3
  2. #d39cca
  3. #cad39c
  4. #9cd3a5

Square

  1. #a59cd3
  2. #d39cae
  3. #cad39c
  4. #9cd3c0

Monochromatic

  1. #4f4294
  2. #7567bb
  3. #a59cd3
  4. #d5d1eb
  5. #f2f1f9

Shades

#a59cd3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a59cd3
  2. #958cbe
  3. #847da9
  4. #746d94
  5. #635e7f
  6. #534e6a
  7. #423e54
  8. #322f3f
  9. #211f2a
  10. #111015
  11. #000000

Tints

#a59cd3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a59cd3
  2. #aea6d7
  3. #b7b0dc
  4. #c0bae0
  5. #c9c4e5
  6. #d2cee9
  7. #dbd7ed
  8. #e4e1f2
  9. #edebf6
  10. #f6f5fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a59cd3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a59cd3
  2. #a199cb
  3. #9e96c2
  4. #9a94ba
  5. #9691b2
  6. #938eaa
  7. #8f8ba1
  8. #8b8899
  9. #878691
  10. #848388
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.53:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.3:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a4a0b8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8fa4d5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8fa2d1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9ca5af ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #98a1d4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #989fd2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9fa1bf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a59cd3 {
  color: #a59cd3;
}
Background
.bg-a59cd3 {
  background-color: #a59cd3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a59cd3 {
  border: 2px solid #a59cd3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a59cd3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 165 156 211;
  --color-primary-hsl: 250 38% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a59cd3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a59cd3, #c09cd3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a59cd3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(165 156 211 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.80 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.46 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 9.87 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 10.65 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 10.71 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 11.17 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 11.30 #5a632c Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#a59cd3  rgb(165, 156, 211)  hsl(250, 38%, 72%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#cad39c  rgb(202, 211, 156)  hsl(70, 38%, 72%)  Pale Goldenrod
#d3a59c  rgb(211, 165, 156)  hsl(10, 38%, 72%)  Pastel Pink
#9cd3a5  rgb(156, 211, 165)  hsl(130, 38%, 72%)  Celadon