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#ACA5CC

#aca5cc ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#aca5cc is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.45% red, 64.71% green and 80% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 15.69% cyan, 19.12% magenta, 0% yellow and 20% black. Its hue angle is 250.77°, with 27.66% saturation and 72.35% 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 9.01:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 6.78.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.4004

Complementary

  1. #aca5cc
  2. #c5cca5

Split complementary

  1. #aca5cc
  2. #ccbfa5
  3. #b1cca5

Analogous

  1. #a5b1cc
  2. #aca5cc
  3. #bfa5cc

Triadic

  1. #aca5cc
  2. #ccaca5
  3. #a5ccac

Tetradic

  1. #aca5cc
  2. #cca5c5
  3. #c5cca5
  4. #a5ccac

Square

  1. #aca5cc
  2. #cca5b1
  3. #c5cca5
  4. #a5ccbf

Monochromatic

  1. #594e8a
  2. #7f74b0
  3. #aca5cc
  4. #d9d6e8
  5. #f3f2f8

Shades

#aca5cc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aca5cc
  2. #9b95b8
  3. #8a84a3
  4. #78748f
  5. #67637a
  6. #565366
  7. #454252
  8. #34323d
  9. #222129
  10. #111114
  11. #000000

Tints

#aca5cc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aca5cc
  2. #b4aed1
  3. #bdb7d6
  4. #c5c0db
  5. #cdc9e0
  6. #d6d2e6
  7. #dedbeb
  8. #e6e4f0
  9. #eeedf5
  10. #f7f6fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aca5cc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aca5cc
  2. #a8a1c4
  3. #a39ebd
  4. #9f9ab5
  5. #9a96ae
  6. #9693a6
  7. #928f9e
  8. #8d8b97
  9. #89878f
  10. #848488
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.33:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.01:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aaaaaa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aba8b8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9daace ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9da9cb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a6abb2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a3a8cd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a3a7cb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a8a9bd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aca5cc {
  color: #aca5cc;
}
Background
.bg-aca5cc {
  background-color: #aca5cc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aca5cc {
  border: 2px solid #aca5cc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aca5cc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 172 165 204;
  --color-primary-hsl: 251 28% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aca5cc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aca5cc, #bfa5cc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aca5cc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(172 165 204 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.78 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 7.41 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.91 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 9.11 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 9.17 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 9.56 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 10.87 #535a33 Inverted #aaaaaa Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#aca5cc  rgb(172, 165, 204)  hsl(251, 28%, 72%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#c5cca5  rgb(197, 204, 165)  hsl(71, 28%, 72%)  Sage
#ccaca5  rgb(204, 172, 165)  hsl(11, 28%, 72%)  Silver Pink
#a5ccac  rgb(165, 204, 172)  hsl(131, 28%, 72%)  Dark Sea Green