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#A79EDA

#a79eda ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#a79eda is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.49% red, 61.96% green and 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 23.39% cyan, 27.52% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 249°, with 44.78% saturation and 73.73% 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 8.55:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 7.58.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.3773

Complementary

  1. #a79eda
  2. #d1da9e

Split complementary

  1. #a79eda
  2. #dac59e
  3. #b3da9e

Analogous

  1. #9eb3da
  2. #a79eda
  3. #c59eda

Triadic

  1. #a79eda
  2. #daa79e
  3. #9edaa7

Tetradic

  1. #a79eda
  2. #da9ed1
  3. #d1da9e
  4. #9edaa7

Square

  1. #a79eda
  2. #da9eb3
  3. #d1da9e
  4. #9edac5

Monochromatic

  1. #4d3ea1
  2. #7567c5
  3. #a79eda
  4. #d9d5ef
  5. #f2f0f9

Shades

#a79eda mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a79eda
  2. #968ec4
  3. #867eae
  4. #756f99
  5. #645f83
  6. #544f6d
  7. #433f57
  8. #322f41
  9. #21202c
  10. #111016
  11. #000000

Tints

#a79eda mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a79eda
  2. #b0a8de
  3. #b9b1e1
  4. #c1bbe5
  5. #cac5e9
  6. #d3cfed
  7. #dcd8f0
  8. #e5e2f4
  9. #edecf8
  10. #f6f5fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a79eda mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a79eda
  2. #a39bd1
  3. #9f98c8
  4. #9b95bf
  5. #9792b6
  6. #948fad
  7. #908ca4
  8. #8c899b
  9. #888692
  10. #848389
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.46:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.55:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a5a5a5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a6a2bd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8fa6dd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8fa4d8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9ca8b3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #99a3dc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #99a2d9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a1a4c4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a79eda {
  color: #a79eda;
}
Background
.bg-a79eda {
  background-color: #a79eda;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a79eda {
  border: 2px solid #a79eda;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a79eda;
  --color-primary-rgb: 167 158 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 249 45% 74%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a79eda {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a79eda, #c59eda);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a79eda {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(167 158 218 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.58 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.49 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 10.62 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 11.13 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 11.28 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 11.39 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 11.75 #586125 Inverted #a5a5a5 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#a79eda  rgb(167, 158, 218)  hsl(249, 45%, 74%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#d1da9e  rgb(209, 218, 158)  hsl(69, 45%, 74%)  Pale Goldenrod
#daa79e  rgb(218, 167, 158)  hsl(9, 45%, 74%)  Pastel Pink
#9edaa7  rgb(158, 218, 167)  hsl(129, 45%, 74%)  Celadon