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#AAA4EA

#aaa4ea ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#aaa4ea 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 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 27.35% cyan, 29.91% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 245.14°, with 62.5% saturation and 78.04% 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 9.21:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 7.21.

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Relative luminance0.4104

Complementary

  1. #aaa4ea
  2. #e4eaa4

Split complementary

  1. #aaa4ea
  2. #eacda4
  3. #c1eaa4

Analogous

  1. #a4c1ea
  2. #aaa4ea
  3. #cda4ea

Triadic

  1. #aaa4ea
  2. #eaaaa4
  3. #a4eaaa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa4ea
  2. #eaa4e4
  3. #e4eaa4
  4. #a4eaaa

Square

  1. #aaa4ea
  2. #eaa4c1
  3. #e4eaa4
  4. #a4eacd

Monochromatic

  1. #3b2ec7
  2. #7066dc
  3. #aaa4ea
  4. #e4e2f8
  5. #f0eefb

Shades

#aaa4ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa4ea
  2. #9994d3
  3. #8883bb
  4. #7773a4
  5. #66628c
  6. #555275
  7. #44425e
  8. #333146
  9. #22212f
  10. #111017
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa4ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa4ea
  2. #b3adec
  3. #bbb6ee
  4. #c4bff0
  5. #ccc8f2
  6. #d5d2f5
  7. #dddbf7
  8. #e6e4f9
  9. #eeedfb
  10. #f7f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa4ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa4ea
  2. #a6a0df
  3. #a29dd5
  4. #9d99ca
  5. #9996c0
  6. #9592b5
  7. #918eaa
  8. #8d8ba0
  9. #888795
  10. #84848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.28:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.21:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #acacac ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aba9c8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #91aded ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #90aae8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9bb0bd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9caaec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9ba8e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a1abd1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa4ea {
  color: #aaa4ea;
}
Background
.bg-aaa4ea {
  background-color: #aaa4ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa4ea {
  border: 2px solid #aaa4ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa4ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 164 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 245 63% 78%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa4ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa4ea, #cda4ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa4ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 164 234 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.21 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 9.82 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 10.41 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 10.96 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 11.33 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 12.29 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 12.32 #555b15 Inverted #acacac Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#aaa4ea  rgb(170, 164, 234)  hsl(245, 63%, 78%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#e4eaa4  rgb(228, 234, 164)  hsl(65, 63%, 78%)  Pale Goldenrod
#eaaaa4  rgb(234, 170, 164)  hsl(5, 63%, 78%)  Pastel Pink
#a4eaaa  rgb(164, 234, 170)  hsl(125, 63%, 78%)  Granny Smith Apple