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#AAA4E4

#aaa4e4 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#aaa4e4 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 64.31% green and 89.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.44% cyan, 28.07% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 245.63°, with 54.24% saturation and 76.86% 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 9.14:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 6.85.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.407

Complementary

  1. #aaa4e4
  2. #dee4a4

Split complementary

  1. #aaa4e4
  2. #e4caa4
  3. #bee4a4

Analogous

  1. #a4bee4
  2. #aaa4e4
  3. #caa4e4

Triadic

  1. #aaa4e4
  2. #e4aaa4
  3. #a4e4aa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa4e4
  2. #e4a4de
  3. #dee4a4
  4. #a4e4aa

Square

  1. #aaa4e4
  2. #e4a4be
  3. #dee4a4
  4. #a4e4ca

Monochromatic

  1. #4337b8
  2. #7369d2
  3. #aaa4e4
  4. #e1dff6
  5. #f0effa

Shades

#aaa4e4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa4e4
  2. #9994cd
  3. #8883b6
  4. #7773a0
  5. #666289
  6. #555272
  7. #44425b
  8. #333144
  9. #22212e
  10. #111017
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa4e4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa4e4
  2. #b3ade7
  3. #bbb6e9
  4. #c4bfec
  5. #ccc8ef
  6. #d5d2f2
  7. #dddbf4
  8. #e6e4f7
  9. #eeedfa
  10. #f7f6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa4e4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa4e4
  2. #a6a0da
  3. #a29dd0
  4. #9d99c6
  5. #9996bc
  6. #9592b2
  7. #918ea8
  8. #8d8b9e
  9. #888794
  10. #84848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.14:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aba8c4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #93ace7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #93a9e2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9dafbb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9da9e6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9da7e3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a2abcc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa4e4 {
  color: #aaa4e4;
}
Background
.bg-aaa4e4 {
  background-color: #aaa4e4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa4e4 {
  border: 2px solid #aaa4e4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa4e4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 164 228;
  --color-primary-hsl: 246 54% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa4e4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa4e4, #caa4e4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa4e4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 164 228 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.85 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 9.25 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 10.23 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 10.92 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 11.68 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 11.77 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 12.33 #555b1b Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#aaa4e4  rgb(170, 164, 228)  hsl(246, 54%, 77%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#dee4a4  rgb(222, 228, 164)  hsl(66, 54%, 77%)  Pale Goldenrod
#e4aaa4  rgb(228, 170, 164)  hsl(6, 54%, 77%)  Pastel Pink
#a4e4aa  rgb(164, 228, 170)  hsl(126, 54%, 77%)  Celadon