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#AAA2CD

#aaa2cd ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#aaa2cd 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 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 17.07% cyan, 20.98% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 251.16°, with 30.07% saturation and 71.96% 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 8.76:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 7.16.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.3879

Complementary

  1. #aaa2cd
  2. #c5cda2

Split complementary

  1. #aaa2cd
  2. #cdbfa2
  3. #afcda2

Analogous

  1. #a2afcd
  2. #aaa2cd
  3. #bfa2cd

Triadic

  1. #aaa2cd
  2. #cdaaa2
  3. #a2cdaa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa2cd
  2. #cda2c5
  3. #c5cda2
  4. #a2cdaa

Square

  1. #aaa2cd
  2. #cda2af
  3. #c5cda2
  4. #a2cdbf

Monochromatic

  1. #574b8b
  2. #7d70b2
  3. #aaa2cd
  4. #d7d4e8
  5. #f3f2f8

Shades

#aaa2cd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa2cd
  2. #9992b9
  3. #8882a4
  4. #777190
  5. #66617b
  6. #555167
  7. #444152
  8. #33313e
  9. #222029
  10. #111015
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa2cd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa2cd
  2. #b3abd2
  3. #bbb5d7
  4. #c4bedc
  5. #ccc7e1
  6. #d5d1e6
  7. #dddaeb
  8. #e6e3f0
  9. #eeecf5
  10. #f7f6fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa2cd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa2cd
  2. #a69fc5
  3. #a29bbe
  4. #9d98b6
  5. #9994ae
  6. #9591a7
  7. #918e9f
  8. #8d8a97
  9. #88878f
  10. #848388
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.4:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.76:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a8a5b8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #99a8cf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #99a7cc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a3a9b1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a0a6ce ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a0a5cc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a6a6bd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa2cd {
  color: #aaa2cd;
}
Background
.bg-aaa2cd {
  background-color: #aaa2cd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa2cd {
  border: 2px solid #aaa2cd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa2cd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 162 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 251 30% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa2cd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa2cd, #bfa2cd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa2cd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 162 205 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.16 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 7.98 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.40 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 9.15 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 9.57 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 9.74 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 11.33 #555d32 Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#aaa2cd  rgb(170, 162, 205)  hsl(251, 30%, 72%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#c5cda2  rgb(197, 205, 162)  hsl(71, 30%, 72%)  Sage
#cdaaa2  rgb(205, 170, 162)  hsl(11, 30%, 72%)  Silver Pink
#a2cdaa  rgb(162, 205, 170)  hsl(131, 30%, 72%)  Dark Sea Green