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#A59CD5

#a59cd5 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#a59cd5 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 83.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 22.54% cyan, 26.76% magenta, 0% yellow and 16.47% black. Its hue angle is 249.47°, with 40.43% saturation and 72.35% 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 8.32:1 (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 luminance0.3658

Complementary

  1. #a59cd5
  2. #ccd59c

Split complementary

  1. #a59cd5
  2. #d5c19c
  3. #afd59c

Analogous

  1. #9cafd5
  2. #a59cd5
  3. #c19cd5

Triadic

  1. #a59cd5
  2. #d5a59c
  3. #9cd5a5

Tetradic

  1. #a59cd5
  2. #d59ccc
  3. #ccd59c
  4. #9cd5a5

Square

  1. #a59cd5
  2. #d59caf
  3. #ccd59c
  4. #9cd5c1

Monochromatic

  1. #4e4098
  2. #7466be
  3. #a59cd5
  4. #d6d2ec
  5. #f2f1f9

Shades

#a59cd5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a59cd5
  2. #958cc0
  3. #847daa
  4. #746d95
  5. #635e80
  6. #534e6b
  7. #423e55
  8. #322f40
  9. #211f2b
  10. #111015
  11. #000000

Tints

#a59cd5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a59cd5
  2. #aea6d9
  3. #b7b0dd
  4. #c0bae2
  5. #c9c4e6
  6. #d2ceea
  7. #dbd7ee
  8. #e4e1f2
  9. #edebf7
  10. #f6f5fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a59cd5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a59cd5
  2. #a199cd
  3. #9e96c4
  4. #9a94bc
  5. #9691b3
  6. #938eab
  7. #8f8ba2
  8. #8b889a
  9. #878691
  10. #848389
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.53:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.32:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a4a0b9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8ea4d7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8fa2d3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9ba5b0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #98a1d6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #98a0d4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9fa2c0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a59cd5 {
  color: #a59cd5;
}
Background
.bg-a59cd5 {
  background-color: #a59cd5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a59cd5 {
  border: 2px solid #a59cd5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a59cd5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 165 156 213;
  --color-primary-hsl: 249 40% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a59cd5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a59cd5, #c19cd5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a59cd5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(165 156 213 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.79 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.53 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 10.06 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 11.00 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 11.03 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 11.10 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 11.36 #5a632a Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#a59cd5  rgb(165, 156, 213)  hsl(249, 40%, 72%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#ccd59c  rgb(204, 213, 156)  hsl(69, 40%, 72%)  Pale Goldenrod
#d5a59c  rgb(213, 165, 156)  hsl(9, 40%, 72%)  Pastel Pink
#9cd5a5  rgb(156, 213, 165)  hsl(129, 40%, 72%)  Celadon