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#A79DCE

#a79dce ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#a79dce is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.49% red, 61.57% green and 80.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 18.93% cyan, 23.79% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 252.24°, with 33.33% saturation and 71.18% 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 8.36:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 7.98.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.3679

Complementary

  1. #a79dce
  2. #c4ce9d

Split complementary

  1. #a79dce
  2. #cec09d
  3. #acce9d

Analogous

  1. #9dacce
  2. #a79dce
  3. #c09dce

Triadic

  1. #a79dce
  2. #cea79d
  3. #9dcea7

Tetradic

  1. #a79dce
  2. #ce9dc4
  3. #c4ce9d
  4. #9dcea7

Square

  1. #a79dce
  2. #ce9dac
  3. #c4ce9d
  4. #9dcec0

Monochromatic

  1. #54468c
  2. #796ab5
  3. #a79dce
  4. #d5d0e8
  5. #f3f1f8

Shades

#a79dce mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a79dce
  2. #968db9
  3. #867ea5
  4. #756e90
  5. #645e7c
  6. #544f67
  7. #433f52
  8. #322f3e
  9. #211f29
  10. #111015
  11. #000000

Tints

#a79dce mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a79dce
  2. #b0a7d3
  3. #b9b1d8
  4. #c1badd
  5. #cac4e2
  6. #d3cee7
  7. #dcd8eb
  8. #e5e2f0
  9. #edebf5
  10. #f6f5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a79dce mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a79dce
  2. #a39ac6
  3. #9f97be
  4. #9b94b7
  5. #9791af
  6. #948fa7
  7. #908c9f
  8. #8c8997
  9. #888690
  10. #848388
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.51:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.36:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a5a1b6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #92a4d0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #93a3cd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9fa5ae ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9ba1cf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9ba0cd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a3a2bc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a79dce {
  color: #a79dce;
}
Background
.bg-a79dce {
  background-color: #a79dce;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a79dce {
  border: 2px solid #a79dce;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a79dce;
  --color-primary-rgb: 167 157 206;
  --color-primary-hsl: 252 33% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a79dce {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a79dce, #c09dce);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a79dce {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(167 157 206 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.98 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.02 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 9.06 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 9.55 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 9.67 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 10.73 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 11.51 #586231 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#a79dce  rgb(167, 157, 206)  hsl(252, 33%, 71%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#c4ce9d  rgb(196, 206, 157)  hsl(72, 33%, 71%)  Sage
#cea79d  rgb(206, 167, 157)  hsl(12, 33%, 71%)  Silver Pink
#9dcea7  rgb(157, 206, 167)  hsl(132, 33%, 71%)  Celadon