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#A69BEE

#a69bee ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#a69bee is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.1% red, 60.78% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 30.25% cyan, 34.87% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 247.95°, with 70.94% saturation and 77.06% 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 soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.54:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 9.08.

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Relative luminance0.3772

Complementary

  1. #a69bee
  2. #e3ee9b

Split complementary

  1. #a69bee
  2. #eecf9b
  3. #baee9b

Analogous

  1. #9bbaee
  2. #a69bee
  3. #cf9bee

Triadic

  1. #a69bee
  2. #eea69b
  3. #9beea6

Tetradic

  1. #a69bee
  2. #ee9be3
  3. #e3ee9b
  4. #9beea6

Square

  1. #a69bee
  2. #ee9bba
  3. #e3ee9b
  4. #9beecf

Monochromatic

  1. #3923cd
  2. #6c5ae3
  3. #a69bee
  4. #e0dcf9
  5. #efeefc

Shades

#a69bee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a69bee
  2. #958cd6
  3. #857cbe
  4. #746da7
  5. #645d8f
  6. #534e77
  7. #423e5f
  8. #322f47
  9. #211f30
  10. #111018
  11. #000000

Tints

#a69bee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a69bee
  2. #afa5f0
  3. #b8aff1
  4. #c1b9f3
  5. #cac3f5
  6. #d3cdf7
  7. #dbd7f8
  8. #e4e1fa
  9. #edebfc
  10. #f6f5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a69bee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a69bee
  2. #a298e3
  3. #9e96d8
  4. #9b93cd
  5. #9790c2
  6. #938eb7
  7. #8f8bac
  8. #8b88a1
  9. #888596
  10. #84838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.46:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.54:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a5a5a5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a6a1c7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #83a7f1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #83a3ec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #95aaba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #92a2f0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #92a0ed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9ca4d1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a69bee {
  color: #a69bee;
}
Background
.bg-a69bee {
  background-color: #a69bee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a69bee {
  border: 2px solid #a69bee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a69bee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 166 155 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 248 71% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a69bee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a69bee, #cf9bee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a69bee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(166 155 238 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.08 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 10.35 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 10.58 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 11.78 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 12.45 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 12.47 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 12.62 #596411 Inverted #a5a5a5 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#a69bee  rgb(166, 155, 238)  hsl(248, 71%, 77%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#e3ee9b  rgb(227, 238, 155)  hsl(68, 71%, 77%)  Pastel Yellow
#eea69b  rgb(238, 166, 155)  hsl(8, 71%, 77%)  Pastel Pink
#9beea6  rgb(155, 238, 166)  hsl(128, 71%, 77%)  Granny Smith Apple