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#A59CD4

#a59cd4 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#a59cd4 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 64.71% red, 61.18% green and 83.14% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 22.17% cyan, 26.42% magenta, 0% yellow and 16.86% black. Its hue angle is 249.64°, with 39.44% saturation and 72.16% 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 8.31:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 7.79.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.3653

Complementary

  1. #a59cd4
  2. #cbd49c

Split complementary

  1. #a59cd4
  2. #d4c19c
  3. #afd49c

Analogous

  1. #9cafd4
  2. #a59cd4
  3. #c19cd4

Triadic

  1. #a59cd4
  2. #d4a59c
  3. #9cd4a5

Tetradic

  1. #a59cd4
  2. #d49ccb
  3. #cbd49c
  4. #9cd4a5

Square

  1. #a59cd4
  2. #d49caf
  3. #cbd49c
  4. #9cd4c1

Monochromatic

  1. #4f4196
  2. #7567bd
  3. #a59cd4
  4. #d5d1eb
  5. #f2f1f9

Shades

#a59cd4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a59cd4
  2. #958cbf
  3. #847daa
  4. #746d94
  5. #635e7f
  6. #534e6a
  7. #423e55
  8. #322f40
  9. #211f2a
  10. #111015
  11. #000000

Tints

#a59cd4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a59cd4
  2. #aea6d8
  3. #b7b0dd
  4. #c0bae1
  5. #c9c4e5
  6. #d2ceea
  7. #dbd7ee
  8. #e4e1f2
  9. #edebf6
  10. #f6f5fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a59cd4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a59cd4
  2. #a199cc
  3. #9e96c3
  4. #9a94bb
  5. #9691b2
  6. #938eaa
  7. #8f8ba2
  8. #8b8899
  9. #878691
  10. #848388
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.53:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.31:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a4a0b9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8ea4d6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8fa2d2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9ba5b0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #98a1d5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #989fd3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9fa2bf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a59cd4 {
  color: #a59cd4;
}
Background
.bg-a59cd4 {
  background-color: #a59cd4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a59cd4 {
  border: 2px solid #a59cd4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a59cd4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 165 156 212;
  --color-primary-hsl: 250 39% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a59cd4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a59cd4, #c19cd4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a59cd4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(165 156 212 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.79 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.49 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 9.96 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 10.85 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 10.87 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 11.10 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 11.33 #5a632b Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#a59cd4  rgb(165, 156, 212)  hsl(250, 39%, 72%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#cbd49c  rgb(203, 212, 156)  hsl(70, 39%, 72%)  Pale Goldenrod
#d4a59c  rgb(212, 165, 156)  hsl(10, 39%, 72%)  Pastel Pink
#9cd4a5  rgb(156, 212, 165)  hsl(130, 39%, 72%)  Celadon