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#ACA4CF

#aca4cf ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#aca4cf is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.45% red, 64.31% green and 81.18% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 16.91% cyan, 20.77% magenta, 0% yellow and 18.82% black. Its hue angle is 251.16°, with 30.94% saturation and 72.75% 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 8.97:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 7.03.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.3983

Complementary

  1. #aca4cf
  2. #c7cfa4

Split complementary

  1. #aca4cf
  2. #cfc2a4
  3. #b2cfa4

Analogous

  1. #a4b2cf
  2. #aca4cf
  3. #c2a4cf

Triadic

  1. #aca4cf
  2. #cfaca4
  3. #a4cfac

Tetradic

  1. #aca4cf
  2. #cfa4c7
  3. #c7cfa4
  4. #a4cfac

Square

  1. #aca4cf
  2. #cfa4b2
  3. #c7cfa4
  4. #a4cfc2

Monochromatic

  1. #584b8f
  2. #7e72b5
  3. #aca4cf
  4. #dad6e9
  5. #f3f2f8

Shades

#aca4cf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aca4cf
  2. #9b94ba
  3. #8a83a6
  4. #787391
  5. #67627c
  6. #565268
  7. #454253
  8. #34313e
  9. #222129
  10. #111015
  11. #000000

Tints

#aca4cf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aca4cf
  2. #b4add4
  3. #bdb6d9
  4. #c5bfdd
  5. #cdc8e2
  6. #d6d2e7
  7. #dedbec
  8. #e6e4f1
  9. #eeedf5
  10. #f7f6fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aca4cf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aca4cf
  2. #a8a0c7
  3. #a39dbf
  4. #9f99b7
  5. #9a96af
  6. #9692a8
  7. #928ea0
  8. #8d8b98
  9. #898790
  10. #848488
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.34:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.97:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a9a9a9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aaa7ba ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9baad1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9ba9ce ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a5abb3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a2a8d0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a2a7ce ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a8a8bf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aca4cf {
  color: #aca4cf;
}
Background
.bg-aca4cf {
  background-color: #aca4cf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aca4cf {
  border: 2px solid #aca4cf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aca4cf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 172 164 207;
  --color-primary-hsl: 251 31% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aca4cf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aca4cf, #c2a4cf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aca4cf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(172 164 207 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.03 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 8.05 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.29 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 9.05 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 9.92 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 9.95 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 10.78 #535b30 Inverted #a9a9a9 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#aca4cf  rgb(172, 164, 207)  hsl(251, 31%, 73%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#c7cfa4  rgb(199, 207, 164)  hsl(71, 31%, 73%)  Sage
#cfaca4  rgb(207, 172, 164)  hsl(11, 31%, 73%)  Silver Pink
#a4cfac  rgb(164, 207, 172)  hsl(131, 31%, 73%)  Celadon