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#AAA3CD

#aaa3cd ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#aaa3cd is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 63.92% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 17.07% cyan, 20.49% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 250°, with 29.58% saturation and 72.16% 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 8.83:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 6.82.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.3915

Complementary

  1. #aaa3cd
  2. #c6cda3

Split complementary

  1. #aaa3cd
  2. #cdbfa3
  3. #b1cda3

Analogous

  1. #a3b1cd
  2. #aaa3cd
  3. #bfa3cd

Triadic

  1. #aaa3cd
  2. #cdaaa3
  3. #a3cdaa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa3cd
  2. #cda3c6
  3. #c6cda3
  4. #a3cdaa

Square

  1. #aaa3cd
  2. #cda3b1
  3. #c6cda3
  4. #a3cdbf

Monochromatic

  1. #564c8b
  2. #7c71b2
  3. #aaa3cd
  4. #d8d5e8
  5. #f3f2f8

Shades

#aaa3cd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa3cd
  2. #9993b9
  3. #8882a4
  4. #777290
  5. #66627b
  6. #555267
  7. #444152
  8. #33313e
  9. #222129
  10. #111015
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa3cd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa3cd
  2. #b3acd2
  3. #bbb5d7
  4. #c4bfdc
  5. #ccc8e1
  6. #d5d1e6
  7. #dddaeb
  8. #e6e3f0
  9. #eeedf5
  10. #f7f6fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa3cd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa3cd
  2. #a6a0c5
  3. #a29cbe
  4. #9d99b6
  5. #9995ae
  6. #9592a7
  7. #918e9f
  8. #8d8b97
  9. #88878f
  10. #848488
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.38:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.83:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a8a8a8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a9a6b8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9aa9cf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9aa7cc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a3aab1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a0a6ce ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a1a6cc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a6a7bd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa3cd {
  color: #aaa3cd;
}
Background
.bg-aaa3cd {
  background-color: #aaa3cd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa3cd {
  border: 2px solid #aaa3cd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa3cd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 163 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 250 30% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa3cd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa3cd, #bfa3cd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa3cd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 163 205 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.82 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 7.98 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.69 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 9.35 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 9.45 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 9.70 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 11.12 #555c32 Inverted #a8a8a8 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#aaa3cd  rgb(170, 163, 205)  hsl(250, 30%, 72%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#c6cda3  rgb(198, 205, 163)  hsl(70, 30%, 72%)  Sage
#cdaaa3  rgb(205, 170, 163)  hsl(10, 30%, 72%)  Silver Pink
#a3cdaa  rgb(163, 205, 170)  hsl(130, 30%, 72%)  Dark Sea Green