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#ACA0EC

#aca0ec ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#aca0ec is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.45% red, 62.75% green and 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 27.12% cyan, 32.2% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 249.47°, with 66.67% saturation and 77.65% 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 8.99:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 8.37.

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Web safe#9999ff
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Relative luminance0.3997

Complementary

  1. #aca0ec
  2. #e0eca0

Split complementary

  1. #aca0ec
  2. #ecd2a0
  3. #baeca0

Analogous

  1. #a0baec
  2. #aca0ec
  3. #d2a0ec

Triadic

  1. #aca0ec
  2. #ecaca0
  3. #a0ecac

Tetradic

  1. #aca0ec
  2. #eca0e0
  3. #e0eca0
  4. #a0ecac

Square

  1. #aca0ec
  2. #eca0ba
  3. #e0eca0
  4. #a0ecd2

Monochromatic

  1. #4228cb
  2. #7460df
  3. #aca0ec
  4. #e4e0f9
  5. #f0eefc

Shades

#aca0ec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aca0ec
  2. #9b90d4
  3. #8a80bd
  4. #7870a5
  5. #67608e
  6. #565076
  7. #45405e
  8. #343047
  9. #22202f
  10. #111018
  11. #000000

Tints

#aca0ec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aca0ec
  2. #b4aaee
  3. #bdb3f0
  4. #c5bdf2
  5. #cdc6f4
  6. #d6d0f6
  7. #ded9f7
  8. #e6e3f9
  9. #eeecfb
  10. #f7f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aca0ec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aca0ec
  2. #a89de1
  3. #a39ad6
  4. #9f96cc
  5. #9a93c1
  6. #9690b6
  7. #928dab
  8. #8d8aa0
  9. #898696
  10. #84838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.33:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.99:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aaaaaa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aba6c8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8cabef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8ca8ea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9eadbb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9aa7ee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9aa5eb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a4a8d1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aca0ec {
  color: #aca0ec;
}
Background
.bg-aca0ec {
  background-color: #aca0ec;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aca0ec {
  border: 2px solid #aca0ec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aca0ec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 172 160 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 249 67% 78%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aca0ec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aca0ec, #d2a0ec);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aca0ec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(172 160 236 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.37 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 9.18 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 10.36 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 10.81 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 11.46 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 12.02 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 12.68 #535f13 Inverted #aaaaaa Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#aca0ec  rgb(172, 160, 236)  hsl(249, 67%, 78%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#e0eca0  rgb(224, 236, 160)  hsl(69, 67%, 78%)  Pale Goldenrod
#ecaca0  rgb(236, 172, 160)  hsl(9, 67%, 78%)  Melon
#a0ecac  rgb(160, 236, 172)  hsl(129, 67%, 78%)  Granny Smith Apple