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#A79ECA

#a79eca ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#a79eca is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.49% red, 61.96% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 17.33% cyan, 21.78% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 252.27°, with 29.33% 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 8.39:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 7.79.

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Relative luminance0.3693

Complementary

  1. #a79eca
  2. #c1ca9e

Split complementary

  1. #a79eca
  2. #cabd9e
  3. #abca9e

Analogous

  1. #9eabca
  2. #a79eca
  3. #bd9eca

Triadic

  1. #a79eca
  2. #caa79e
  3. #9ecaa7

Tetradic

  1. #a79eca
  2. #ca9ec1
  3. #c1ca9e
  4. #9ecaa7

Square

  1. #a79eca
  2. #ca9eab
  3. #c1ca9e
  4. #9ecabd

Monochromatic

  1. #564986
  2. #7a6daf
  3. #a79eca
  4. #d4cfe5
  5. #f3f2f8

Shades

#a79eca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a79eca
  2. #968eb6
  3. #867ea2
  4. #756f8d
  5. #645f79
  6. #544f65
  7. #433f51
  8. #322f3d
  9. #212028
  10. #111014
  11. #000000

Tints

#a79eca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a79eca
  2. #b0a8cf
  3. #b9b1d5
  4. #c1bbda
  5. #cac5df
  6. #d3cfe5
  7. #dcd8ea
  8. #e5e2ef
  9. #edecf4
  10. #f6f5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a79eca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a79eca
  2. #a39bc3
  3. #9f98bb
  4. #9b95b4
  5. #9792ac
  6. #948fa5
  7. #908c9e
  8. #8c8996
  9. #88868f
  10. #848387
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.5:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.39:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a4a4a4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a5a1b4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #94a4cc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #95a3c9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a0a5ad ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9ca2cb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9da1c9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a3a2b9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a79eca {
  color: #a79eca;
}
Background
.bg-a79eca {
  background-color: #a79eca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a79eca {
  border: 2px solid #a79eca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a79eca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 167 158 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 252 29% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a79eca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a79eca, #bd9eca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a79eca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(167 158 202 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.79 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 8.01 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.41 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 9.18 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 9.23 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 9.61 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 12.00 #586135 Inverted #a4a4a4 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#a79eca  rgb(167, 158, 202)  hsl(252, 29%, 71%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#c1ca9e  rgb(193, 202, 158)  hsl(72, 29%, 71%)  Sage
#caa79e  rgb(202, 167, 158)  hsl(12, 29%, 71%)  Silver Pink
#9ecaa7  rgb(158, 202, 167)  hsl(132, 29%, 71%)  Dark Sea Green