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#AAA4E5

#aaa4e5 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#aaa4e5 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 89.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.76% cyan, 28.38% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.2% black. Its hue angle is 245.54°, with 55.56% saturation and 77.06% 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 9.15:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 6.9.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.4075

Complementary

  1. #aaa4e5
  2. #dfe5a4

Split complementary

  1. #aaa4e5
  2. #e5cba4
  3. #bfe5a4

Analogous

  1. #a4bfe5
  2. #aaa4e5
  3. #cba4e5

Triadic

  1. #aaa4e5
  2. #e5aaa4
  3. #a4e5aa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa4e5
  2. #e5a4df
  3. #dfe5a4
  4. #a4e5aa

Square

  1. #aaa4e5
  2. #e5a4bf
  3. #dfe5a4
  4. #a4e5cb

Monochromatic

  1. #4235bb
  2. #7269d4
  3. #aaa4e5
  4. #e2e0f6
  5. #f0effa

Shades

#aaa4e5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa4e5
  2. #9994ce
  3. #8883b7
  4. #7773a0
  5. #666289
  6. #555273
  7. #44425c
  8. #333145
  9. #22212e
  10. #111017
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa4e5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa4e5
  2. #b3ade8
  3. #bbb6ea
  4. #c4bfed
  5. #ccc8ef
  6. #d5d2f2
  7. #dddbf5
  8. #e6e4f7
  9. #eeedfa
  10. #f7f6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa4e5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa4e5
  2. #a6a0db
  3. #a29dd1
  4. #9d99c7
  5. #9996bd
  6. #9592b3
  7. #918ea8
  8. #8d8b9e
  9. #888794
  10. #84848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.15:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aba8c5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #93ade8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #92aae3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9dafbb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9da9e7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9ca7e4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a2abcd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa4e5 {
  color: #aaa4e5;
}
Background
.bg-aaa4e5 {
  background-color: #aaa4e5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa4e5 {
  border: 2px solid #aaa4e5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa4e5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 164 229;
  --color-primary-hsl: 246 56% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa4e5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa4e5, #cba4e5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa4e5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 164 229 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.90 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 9.34 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 10.26 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 10.92 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 11.69 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 11.78 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 12.35 #555b1a Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#aaa4e5  rgb(170, 164, 229)  hsl(246, 56%, 77%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#dfe5a4  rgb(223, 229, 164)  hsl(66, 56%, 77%)  Pale Goldenrod
#e5aaa4  rgb(229, 170, 164)  hsl(6, 56%, 77%)  Pastel Pink
#a4e5aa  rgb(164, 229, 170)  hsl(126, 56%, 77%)  Granny Smith Apple