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#ACA9C0

#aca9c0 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#aca9c0 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.45% red, 66.27% green and 75.29% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 10.42% cyan, 11.98% magenta, 0% yellow and 24.71% black. Its hue angle is 247.83°, with 15.44% saturation and 70.78% 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 9.19:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 6.47.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.4095

Complementary

  1. #aca9c0
  2. #bdc0a9

Split complementary

  1. #aca9c0
  2. #c0b7a9
  3. #b1c0a9

Analogous

  1. #a9b1c0
  2. #aca9c0
  3. #b7a9c0

Triadic

  1. #aca9c0
  2. #c0aca9
  3. #a9c0ac

Tetradic

  1. #aca9c0
  2. #c0a9bd
  3. #bdc0a9
  4. #a9c0ac

Square

  1. #aca9c0
  2. #c0a9b1
  3. #bdc0a9
  4. #a9c0b7

Monochromatic

  1. #5c5878
  2. #817da0
  3. #aca9c0
  4. #d7d5e0
  5. #f4f3f6

Shades

#aca9c0 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aca9c0
  2. #9b98ad
  3. #8a879a
  4. #787686
  5. #676573
  6. #565560
  7. #45444d
  8. #34333a
  9. #222226
  10. #111113
  11. #000000

Tints

#aca9c0 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aca9c0
  2. #b4b2c6
  3. #bdbacd
  4. #c5c3d3
  5. #cdcbd9
  6. #d6d4e0
  7. #dedde6
  8. #e6e5ec
  9. #eeeef2
  10. #f7f6f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aca9c0 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aca9c0
  2. #a8a5ba
  3. #a3a1b3
  4. #9f9dad
  5. #9a99a6
  6. #9695a0
  7. #92909a
  8. #8d8c93
  9. #89888d
  10. #848486
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.28:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.19:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #acaab4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a4acc1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a4abbf ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a8acb0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a7abc1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a7aac0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aaabb7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aca9c0 {
  color: #aca9c0;
}
Background
.bg-aca9c0 {
  background-color: #aca9c0;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aca9c0 {
  border: 2px solid #aca9c0;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aca9c0;
  --color-primary-rgb: 172 169 192;
  --color-primary-hsl: 248 15% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aca9c0 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aca9c0, #b7a9c0);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aca9c0 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(172 169 192 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.47 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 7.12 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 7.56 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 8.53 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 9.86 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 10.64 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 10.74 #53563f Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#aca9c0  rgb(172, 169, 192)  hsl(248, 15%, 71%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#bdc0a9  rgb(189, 192, 169)  hsl(68, 15%, 71%)  Ash Gray
#c0aca9  rgb(192, 172, 169)  hsl(8, 15%, 71%)  Silver Pink
#a9c0ac  rgb(169, 192, 172)  hsl(128, 15%, 71%)  Opal