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#AAA7EA

#aaa7ea ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#aaa7ea is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 65.49% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 27.35% cyan, 28.63% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 242.69°, with 61.47% saturation and 78.63% 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 9.42:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 6.63.

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Relative luminance0.4212

Complementary

  1. #aaa7ea
  2. #e7eaa7

Split complementary

  1. #aaa7ea
  2. #eacca7
  3. #c6eaa7

Analogous

  1. #a7c6ea
  2. #aaa7ea
  3. #cca7ea

Triadic

  1. #aaa7ea
  2. #eaaaa7
  3. #a7eaaa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa7ea
  2. #eaa7e7
  3. #e7eaa7
  4. #a7eaaa

Square

  1. #aaa7ea
  2. #eaa7c6
  3. #e7eaa7
  4. #a7eacc

Monochromatic

  1. #3730c8
  2. #6e69db
  3. #aaa7ea
  4. #e6e5f9
  5. #efeffb

Shades

#aaa7ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa7ea
  2. #9996d3
  3. #8886bb
  4. #7775a4
  5. #66648c
  6. #555475
  7. #44435e
  8. #333246
  9. #22212f
  10. #111117
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa7ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa7ea
  2. #b3b0ec
  3. #bbb9ee
  4. #c4c1f0
  5. #cccaf2
  6. #d5d3f5
  7. #dddcf7
  8. #e6e5f9
  9. #eeedfb
  10. #f7f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa7ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa7ea
  2. #a6a3df
  3. #a29fd5
  4. #9d9bca
  5. #9997c0
  6. #9594b5
  7. #9190aa
  8. #8d8ca0
  9. #888895
  10. #84848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.23:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.42:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aeaeae ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #acabc9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #95b0ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #93ace8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9bb3bf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9eacec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9daae9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a1aed1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa7ea {
  color: #aaa7ea;
}
Background
.bg-aaa7ea {
  background-color: #aaa7ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa7ea {
  border: 2px solid #aaa7ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa7ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 167 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 243 61% 79%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa7ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa7ea, #cca7ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa7ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 167 234 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.63 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 9.67 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 10.26 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.83 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 11.23 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 12.29 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 13.28 #555815 Inverted #aeaeae Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#aaa7ea  rgb(170, 167, 234)  hsl(243, 61%, 79%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#e7eaa7  rgb(231, 234, 167)  hsl(63, 61%, 79%)  Pale Goldenrod
#eaaaa7  rgb(234, 170, 167)  hsl(3, 61%, 79%)  Pastel Pink
#a7eaaa  rgb(167, 234, 170)  hsl(123, 61%, 79%)  Granny Smith Apple