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#AAA2CA

#aaa2ca ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#aaa2ca is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 63.53% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 15.84% cyan, 19.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 252°, with 27.4% saturation and 71.37% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with imagination, spirituality and luxury. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.73:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 7.26.

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Relative luminance0.3865

Complementary

  1. #aaa2ca
  2. #c2caa2

Split complementary

  1. #aaa2ca
  2. #cabea2
  3. #aecaa2

Analogous

  1. #a2aeca
  2. #aaa2ca
  3. #bea2ca

Triadic

  1. #aaa2ca
  2. #caaaa2
  3. #a2caaa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa2ca
  2. #caa2c2
  3. #c2caa2
  4. #a2caaa

Square

  1. #aaa2ca
  2. #caa2ae
  3. #c2caa2
  4. #a2cabe

Monochromatic

  1. #584d86
  2. #7d71ae
  3. #aaa2ca
  4. #d7d3e6
  5. #f3f2f8

Shades

#aaa2ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa2ca
  2. #9992b6
  3. #8882a2
  4. #77718d
  5. #666179
  6. #555165
  7. #444151
  8. #33313d
  9. #222028
  10. #111014
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa2ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa2ca
  2. #b3abcf
  3. #bbb5d5
  4. #c4beda
  5. #ccc7df
  6. #d5d1e5
  7. #dddaea
  8. #e6e3ef
  9. #eeecf4
  10. #f7f6fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa2ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa2ca
  2. #a69fc3
  3. #a29bbb
  4. #9d98b4
  5. #9994ac
  6. #9591a5
  7. #918e9e
  8. #8d8a96
  9. #88878f
  10. #848387
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.41:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.73:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a8a5b6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #99a7cc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9aa6c9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a4a8af ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a0a5cb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a1a5c9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a6a6bb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa2ca {
  color: #aaa2ca;
}
Background
.bg-aaa2ca {
  background-color: #aaa2ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa2ca {
  border: 2px solid #aaa2ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa2ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 162 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 252 27% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa2ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa2ca, #bea2ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa2ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 162 202 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.26 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 7.29 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.69 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 8.96 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 8.99 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 9.29 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 11.45 #555d35 Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#aaa2ca  rgb(170, 162, 202)  hsl(252, 27%, 71%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#c2caa2  rgb(194, 202, 162)  hsl(72, 27%, 71%)  Sage
#caaaa2  rgb(202, 170, 162)  hsl(12, 27%, 71%)  Silver Pink
#a2caaa  rgb(162, 202, 170)  hsl(132, 27%, 71%)  Dark Sea Green