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#A59CD1

#a59cd1 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#a59cd1 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 64.71% red, 61.18% green and 81.96% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 21.05% cyan, 25.36% magenta, 0% yellow and 18.04% black. Its hue angle is 250.19°, with 36.55% saturation and 71.57% 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 8.28:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 7.82.

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Relative luminance0.3638

Complementary

  1. #a59cd1
  2. #c8d19c

Split complementary

  1. #a59cd1
  2. #d1c09c
  3. #aed19c

Analogous

  1. #9caed1
  2. #a59cd1
  3. #c09cd1

Triadic

  1. #a59cd1
  2. #d1a59c
  3. #9cd1a5

Tetradic

  1. #a59cd1
  2. #d19cc8
  3. #c8d19c
  4. #9cd1a5

Square

  1. #a59cd1
  2. #d19cae
  3. #c8d19c
  4. #9cd1c0

Monochromatic

  1. #504391
  2. #7668b9
  3. #a59cd1
  4. #d4d0e9
  5. #f2f1f9

Shades

#a59cd1 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a59cd1
  2. #958cbc
  3. #847da7
  4. #746d92
  5. #635e7d
  6. #534e69
  7. #423e54
  8. #322f3f
  9. #211f2a
  10. #111015
  11. #000000

Tints

#a59cd1 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a59cd1
  2. #aea6d6
  3. #b7b0da
  4. #c0badf
  5. #c9c4e3
  6. #d2cee8
  7. #dbd7ed
  8. #e4e1f1
  9. #edebf6
  10. #f6f5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a59cd1 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a59cd1
  2. #a199c9
  3. #9e96c1
  4. #9a94b9
  5. #9691b1
  6. #938ea9
  7. #8f8ba0
  8. #8b8898
  9. #878690
  10. #848388
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.54:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.28:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a4a0b7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8fa3d3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #90a2d0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9ca5ae ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #99a0d2 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #999fd0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a0a1bd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a59cd1 {
  color: #a59cd1;
}
Background
.bg-a59cd1 {
  background-color: #a59cd1;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a59cd1 {
  border: 2px solid #a59cd1;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a59cd1;
  --color-primary-rgb: 165 156 209;
  --color-primary-hsl: 250 37% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a59cd1 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a59cd1, #c09cd1);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a59cd1 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(165 156 209 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.82 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.41 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 9.69 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 10.18 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 10.44 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 11.27 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 11.35 #5a632e Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#a59cd1  rgb(165, 156, 209)  hsl(250, 37%, 72%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#c8d19c  rgb(200, 209, 156)  hsl(70, 37%, 72%)  Sage
#d1a59c  rgb(209, 165, 156)  hsl(10, 37%, 72%)  Pastel Pink
#9cd1a5  rgb(156, 209, 165)  hsl(130, 37%, 72%)  Celadon