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#ACA3CF

#aca3cf ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#aca3cf is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.45% red, 63.92% green and 81.18% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 16.91% cyan, 21.26% magenta, 0% yellow and 18.82% black. Its hue angle is 252.27°, with 31.43% saturation and 72.55% 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 8.89:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 7.34.

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Relative luminance0.3947

Complementary

  1. #aca3cf
  2. #c6cfa3

Split complementary

  1. #aca3cf
  2. #cfc2a3
  3. #b0cfa3

Analogous

  1. #a3b0cf
  2. #aca3cf
  3. #c2a3cf

Triadic

  1. #aca3cf
  2. #cfaca3
  3. #a3cfac

Tetradic

  1. #aca3cf
  2. #cfa3c6
  3. #c6cfa3
  4. #a3cfac

Square

  1. #aca3cf
  2. #cfa3b0
  3. #c6cfa3
  4. #a3cfc2

Monochromatic

  1. #584a8f
  2. #7f71b5
  3. #aca3cf
  4. #d9d5e9
  5. #f3f2f8

Shades

#aca3cf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aca3cf
  2. #9b93ba
  3. #8a82a6
  4. #787291
  5. #67627c
  6. #565268
  7. #454153
  8. #34313e
  9. #222129
  10. #111015
  11. #000000

Tints

#aca3cf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aca3cf
  2. #b4acd4
  3. #bdb5d9
  4. #c5bfdd
  5. #cdc8e2
  6. #d6d1e7
  7. #dedaec
  8. #e6e3f1
  9. #eeedf5
  10. #f7f6fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aca3cf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aca3cf
  2. #a8a0c7
  3. #a39cbf
  4. #9f99b7
  5. #9a95af
  6. #9692a8
  7. #928ea0
  8. #8d8b98
  9. #898790
  10. #848488
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.36:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.89:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a9a9a9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aaa6b9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #99a9d1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9aa8ce ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a5aab2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a1a7d0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a2a6ce ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a8a7be ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aca3cf {
  color: #aca3cf;
}
Background
.bg-aca3cf {
  background-color: #aca3cf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aca3cf {
  border: 2px solid #aca3cf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aca3cf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 172 163 207;
  --color-primary-hsl: 252 31% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aca3cf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aca3cf, #c2a3cf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aca3cf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(172 163 207 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.34 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.00 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 8.06 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 8.86 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 9.96 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 10.06 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 11.01 #535c30 Inverted #a9a9a9 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#aca3cf  rgb(172, 163, 207)  hsl(252, 31%, 73%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#c6cfa3  rgb(198, 207, 163)  hsl(72, 31%, 73%)  Sage
#cfaca3  rgb(207, 172, 163)  hsl(12, 31%, 73%)  Silver Pink
#a3cfac  rgb(163, 207, 172)  hsl(132, 31%, 73%)  Celadon