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#AAA2EB

#aaa2eb ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#aaa2eb is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 63.53% green and 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 27.66% cyan, 31.06% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 246.58°, with 64.6% saturation and 77.84% 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 9.08:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 7.69.

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Relative luminance0.4038

Complementary

  1. #aaa2eb
  2. #e3eba2

Split complementary

  1. #aaa2eb
  2. #ebcea2
  3. #beeba2

Analogous

  1. #a2beeb
  2. #aaa2eb
  3. #cea2eb

Triadic

  1. #aaa2eb
  2. #ebaaa2
  3. #a2ebaa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa2eb
  2. #eba2e3
  3. #e3eba2
  4. #a2ebaa

Square

  1. #aaa2eb
  2. #eba2be
  3. #e3eba2
  4. #a2ebce

Monochromatic

  1. #3c2bc9
  2. #7063dd
  3. #aaa2eb
  4. #e4e1f9
  5. #f0eefb

Shades

#aaa2eb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa2eb
  2. #9992d4
  3. #8882bc
  4. #7771a5
  5. #66618d
  6. #555176
  7. #44415e
  8. #333147
  9. #22202f
  10. #111018
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa2eb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa2eb
  2. #b3abed
  3. #bbb5ef
  4. #c4bef1
  5. #ccc7f3
  6. #d5d1f5
  7. #dddaf7
  8. #e6e3f9
  9. #eeecfb
  10. #f7f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa2eb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa2eb
  2. #a69fe0
  3. #a29bd6
  4. #9d98cb
  5. #9994c0
  6. #9591b6
  7. #918eab
  8. #8d8aa0
  9. #888795
  10. #84838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.31:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.08:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aaaaaa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aaa7c8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8eacee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8ea9e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9bafbc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9aa8ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9aa6ea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a1aad1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa2eb {
  color: #aaa2eb;
}
Background
.bg-aaa2eb {
  background-color: #aaa2eb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa2eb {
  border: 2px solid #aaa2eb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa2eb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 162 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 247 65% 78%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa2eb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa2eb, #cea2eb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa2eb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 162 235 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.69 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 9.71 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 10.86 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 10.96 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 11.59 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 11.70 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 12.40 #555d14 Inverted #aaaaaa Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#aaa2eb  rgb(170, 162, 235)  hsl(247, 65%, 78%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#e3eba2  rgb(227, 235, 162)  hsl(67, 65%, 78%)  Pale Goldenrod
#ebaaa2  rgb(235, 170, 162)  hsl(7, 65%, 78%)  Pastel Pink
#a2ebaa  rgb(162, 235, 170)  hsl(127, 65%, 78%)  Granny Smith Apple