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#AAA4E8

#aaa4e8 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#aaa4e8 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 90.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 26.72% cyan, 29.31% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 245.29°, with 59.65% saturation and 77.65% 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 9.18:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 7.08.

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Relative luminance0.4092

Complementary

  1. #aaa4e8
  2. #e2e8a4

Split complementary

  1. #aaa4e8
  2. #e8cca4
  3. #c0e8a4

Analogous

  1. #a4c0e8
  2. #aaa4e8
  3. #cca4e8

Triadic

  1. #aaa4e8
  2. #e8aaa4
  3. #a4e8aa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa4e8
  2. #e8a4e2
  3. #e2e8a4
  4. #a4e8aa

Square

  1. #aaa4e8
  2. #e8a4c0
  3. #e2e8a4
  4. #a4e8cc

Monochromatic

  1. #3e31c2
  2. #7167d9
  3. #aaa4e8
  4. #e3e1f7
  5. #f0effb

Shades

#aaa4e8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa4e8
  2. #9994d1
  3. #8883ba
  4. #7773a2
  5. #66628b
  6. #555274
  7. #44425d
  8. #333146
  9. #22212e
  10. #111017
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa4e8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa4e8
  2. #b3adea
  3. #bbb6ed
  4. #c4bfef
  5. #ccc8f1
  6. #d5d2f4
  7. #dddbf6
  8. #e6e4f8
  9. #eeedfa
  10. #f7f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa4e8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa4e8
  2. #a6a0de
  3. #a29dd3
  4. #9d99c9
  5. #9996be
  6. #9592b4
  7. #918eaa
  8. #8d8b9f
  9. #888795
  10. #84848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.18:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aba8c7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #92adeb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #91aae6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9cb0bc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9ca9ea ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9ca7e7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a2abcf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa4e8 {
  color: #aaa4e8;
}
Background
.bg-aaa4e8 {
  background-color: #aaa4e8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa4e8 {
  border: 2px solid #aaa4e8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa4e8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 164 232;
  --color-primary-hsl: 245 60% 78%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa4e8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa4e8, #cca4e8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa4e8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 164 232 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.08 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 9.62 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 10.34 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 10.93 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 11.47 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 12.08 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 12.32 #555b17 Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#aaa4e8  rgb(170, 164, 232)  hsl(245, 60%, 78%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#e2e8a4  rgb(226, 232, 164)  hsl(65, 60%, 78%)  Pale Goldenrod
#e8aaa4  rgb(232, 170, 164)  hsl(5, 60%, 78%)  Pastel Pink
#a4e8aa  rgb(164, 232, 170)  hsl(125, 60%, 78%)  Granny Smith Apple