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#A59CD8

#a59cd8 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#a59cd8 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 84.71% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 23.61% cyan, 27.78% magenta, 0% yellow and 15.29% black. Its hue angle is 249°, with 43.48% saturation and 72.94% 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 8.35:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 7.81.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.3673

Complementary

  1. #a59cd8
  2. #cfd89c

Split complementary

  1. #a59cd8
  2. #d8c39c
  3. #b1d89c

Analogous

  1. #9cb1d8
  2. #a59cd8
  3. #c39cd8

Triadic

  1. #a59cd8
  2. #d8a59c
  3. #9cd8a5

Tetradic

  1. #a59cd8
  2. #d89ccf
  3. #cfd89c
  4. #9cd8a5

Square

  1. #a59cd8
  2. #d89cb1
  3. #cfd89c
  4. #9cd8c3

Monochromatic

  1. #4c3e9d
  2. #7365c2
  3. #a59cd8
  4. #d7d3ee
  5. #f2f0f9

Shades

#a59cd8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a59cd8
  2. #958cc2
  3. #847dad
  4. #746d97
  5. #635e82
  6. #534e6c
  7. #423e56
  8. #322f41
  9. #211f2b
  10. #111016
  11. #000000

Tints

#a59cd8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a59cd8
  2. #aea6dc
  3. #b7b0e0
  4. #c0bae4
  5. #c9c4e8
  6. #d2ceec
  7. #dbd7ef
  8. #e4e1f3
  9. #edebf7
  10. #f6f5fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a59cd8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a59cd8
  2. #a199cf
  3. #9e96c6
  4. #9a94be
  5. #9691b5
  6. #938eac
  7. #8f8ba3
  8. #8b889a
  9. #878692
  10. #848389
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.52:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.35:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a4a0bb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8da4db ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8da2d6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9aa6b1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #97a1da ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #97a0d7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9fa2c2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a59cd8 {
  color: #a59cd8;
}
Background
.bg-a59cd8 {
  background-color: #a59cd8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a59cd8 {
  border: 2px solid #a59cd8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a59cd8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 165 156 216;
  --color-primary-hsl: 249 43% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a59cd8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a59cd8, #c39cd8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a59cd8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(165 156 216 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.81 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.69 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 10.33 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 10.85 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 11.44 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 11.48 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 11.77 #5a6327 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#a59cd8  rgb(165, 156, 216)  hsl(249, 43%, 73%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#cfd89c  rgb(207, 216, 156)  hsl(69, 43%, 73%)  Pale Goldenrod
#d8a59c  rgb(216, 165, 156)  hsl(9, 43%, 73%)  Pastel Pink
#9cd8a5  rgb(156, 216, 165)  hsl(129, 43%, 73%)  Celadon