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#A59CD6

#a59cd6 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#a59cd6 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 83.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 22.9% cyan, 27.1% magenta, 0% yellow and 16.08% black. Its hue angle is 249.31°, with 41.43% saturation and 72.55% 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 8.33:1 (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 luminance0.3663

Complementary

  1. #a59cd6
  2. #cdd69c

Split complementary

  1. #a59cd6
  2. #d6c29c
  3. #b0d69c

Analogous

  1. #9cb0d6
  2. #a59cd6
  3. #c29cd6

Triadic

  1. #a59cd6
  2. #d6a59c
  3. #9cd6a5

Tetradic

  1. #a59cd6
  2. #d69ccd
  3. #cdd69c
  4. #9cd6a5

Square

  1. #a59cd6
  2. #d69cb0
  3. #cdd69c
  4. #9cd6c2

Monochromatic

  1. #4e4099
  2. #7466c0
  3. #a59cd6
  4. #d6d2ec
  5. #f2f1f9

Shades

#a59cd6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a59cd6
  2. #958cc1
  3. #847dab
  4. #746d96
  5. #635e80
  6. #534e6b
  7. #423e56
  8. #322f40
  9. #211f2b
  10. #111015
  11. #000000

Tints

#a59cd6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a59cd6
  2. #aea6da
  3. #b7b0de
  4. #c0bae2
  5. #c9c4e6
  6. #d2ceeb
  7. #dbd7ef
  8. #e4e1f3
  9. #edebf7
  10. #f6f5fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a59cd6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a59cd6
  2. #a199cd
  3. #9e96c5
  4. #9a94bc
  5. #9691b4
  6. #938eab
  7. #8f8ba2
  8. #8b889a
  9. #878691
  10. #848389
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.52:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.33:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a4a0ba ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8ea4d8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8ea2d4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9ba6b0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #98a1d7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #98a0d5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9fa2c1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a59cd6 {
  color: #a59cd6;
}
Background
.bg-a59cd6 {
  background-color: #a59cd6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a59cd6 {
  border: 2px solid #a59cd6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a59cd6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 165 156 214;
  --color-primary-hsl: 249 41% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a59cd6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a59cd6, #c29cd6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a59cd6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(165 156 214 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.79 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.58 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 10.15 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 10.96 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 11.14 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 11.33 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 11.40 #5a6329 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#a59cd6  rgb(165, 156, 214)  hsl(249, 41%, 73%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#cdd69c  rgb(205, 214, 156)  hsl(69, 41%, 73%)  Pale Goldenrod
#d6a59c  rgb(214, 165, 156)  hsl(9, 41%, 73%)  Pastel Pink
#9cd6a5  rgb(156, 214, 165)  hsl(129, 41%, 73%)  Celadon