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#AAA0EA

#aaa0ea ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#aaa0ea is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 62.75% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 27.35% cyan, 31.62% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 248.11°, with 63.79% saturation and 77.25% 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 soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.93:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 8.05.

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Relative luminance0.3963

Complementary

  1. #aaa0ea
  2. #e0eaa0

Split complementary

  1. #aaa0ea
  2. #eacfa0
  3. #bbeaa0

Analogous

  1. #a0bbea
  2. #aaa0ea
  3. #cfa0ea

Triadic

  1. #aaa0ea
  2. #eaaaa0
  3. #a0eaaa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa0ea
  2. #eaa0e0
  3. #e0eaa0
  4. #a0eaaa

Square

  1. #aaa0ea
  2. #eaa0bb
  3. #e0eaa0
  4. #a0eacf

Monochromatic

  1. #402cc5
  2. #7261dc
  3. #aaa0ea
  4. #e2dff8
  5. #f0eefb

Shades

#aaa0ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa0ea
  2. #9990d3
  3. #8880bb
  4. #7770a4
  5. #66608c
  6. #555075
  7. #44405e
  8. #333046
  9. #22202f
  10. #111017
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa0ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa0ea
  2. #b3aaec
  3. #bbb3ee
  4. #c4bdf0
  5. #ccc6f2
  6. #d5d0f5
  7. #ddd9f7
  8. #e6e3f9
  9. #eeecfb
  10. #f7f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa0ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa0ea
  2. #a69ddf
  3. #a29ad5
  4. #9d96ca
  5. #9993c0
  6. #9590b5
  7. #918daa
  8. #8d8aa0
  9. #888695
  10. #84838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.35:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.93:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a9a9a9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a9a5c6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8caaed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8ca7e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9cadbb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #99a6ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #99a4e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a2a8cf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa0ea {
  color: #aaa0ea;
}
Background
.bg-aaa0ea {
  background-color: #aaa0ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa0ea {
  border: 2px solid #aaa0ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa0ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 160 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 248 64% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa0ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa0ea, #cfa0ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa0ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 160 234 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.05 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 9.42 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 10.76 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 11.07 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 11.45 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 12.00 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 12.33 #555f15 Inverted #a9a9a9 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#aaa0ea  rgb(170, 160, 234)  hsl(248, 64%, 77%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#e0eaa0  rgb(224, 234, 160)  hsl(68, 64%, 77%)  Pale Goldenrod
#eaaaa0  rgb(234, 170, 160)  hsl(8, 64%, 77%)  Pastel Pink
#a0eaaa  rgb(160, 234, 170)  hsl(128, 64%, 77%)  Granny Smith Apple