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#A299FE

#a299fe ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#a299fe is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 63.53% red, 60% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 36.22% cyan, 39.76% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 245.35°, with 98.06% saturation and 79.8% 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 8.52:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 10.59.

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Web safe#9999ff
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Relative luminance0.3762

Complementary

  1. #a299fe
  2. #f5fe99

Split complementary

  1. #a299fe
  2. #fed499
  3. #c2fe99

Analogous

  1. #99c2fe
  2. #a299fe
  3. #d499fe

Triadic

  1. #a299fe
  2. #fea299
  3. #99fea2

Tetradic

  1. #a299fe
  2. #fe99f5
  3. #f5fe99
  4. #99fea2

Square

  1. #a299fe
  2. #fe99c2
  3. #f5fe99
  4. #99fed4

Monochromatic

  1. #1902fc
  2. #5d4dfd
  3. #a299fe
  4. #e7e5ff
  5. #edebff

Shades

#a299fe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a299fe
  2. #928ae5
  3. #827acb
  4. #716bb2
  5. #615c98
  6. #514d7f
  7. #413d66
  8. #312e4c
  9. #201f33
  10. #100f19
  11. #000000

Tints

#a299fe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a299fe
  2. #aba3fe
  3. #b5adfe
  4. #beb8fe
  5. #c7c2fe
  6. #d1ccff
  7. #dad6ff
  8. #e3e0ff
  9. #ecebff
  10. #f6f5ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a299fe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a299fe
  2. #9f97f1
  3. #9b94e5
  4. #9892d8
  5. #948fcc
  6. #918dbf
  7. #8e8ab2
  8. #8a88a6
  9. #878599
  10. #83838d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.46:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.52:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a5a5a5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a4a0cf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #78a8ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #76a2fc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #89acbf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8ba2ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8a9ffd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #94a5db ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a299fe {
  color: #a299fe;
}
Background
.bg-a299fe {
  background-color: #a299fe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a299fe {
  border: 2px solid #a299fe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a299fe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 162 153 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 245 98% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a299fe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a299fe, #d499fe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a299fe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(162 153 254 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 10.59 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 11.44 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 12.31 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 12.40 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 12.52 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 13.19 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 13.46 #5d6601 Inverted #a5a5a5 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#a299fe  rgb(162, 153, 254)  hsl(245, 98%, 80%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#f5fe99  rgb(245, 254, 153)  hsl(65, 98%, 80%)  Pastel Yellow
#fea299  rgb(254, 162, 153)  hsl(5, 98%, 80%)  Vivid Tangerine
#99fea2  rgb(153, 254, 162)  hsl(125, 98%, 80%)  Pale Green