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#AAA8EA

#aaa8ea ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#aaa8ea is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 65.88% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 27.35% cyan, 28.21% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 241.82°, with 61.11% saturation and 78.82% 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 9.5:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 6.44.

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Relative luminance0.4249

Complementary

  1. #aaa8ea
  2. #e8eaa8

Split complementary

  1. #aaa8ea
  2. #eacba8
  3. #c7eaa8

Analogous

  1. #a8c7ea
  2. #aaa8ea
  3. #cba8ea

Triadic

  1. #aaa8ea
  2. #eaaaa8
  3. #a8eaaa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa8ea
  2. #eaa8e8
  3. #e8eaa8
  4. #a8eaaa

Square

  1. #aaa8ea
  2. #eaa8c7
  3. #e8eaa8
  4. #a8eacb

Monochromatic

  1. #3530c9
  2. #6e6adb
  3. #aaa8ea
  4. #e6e6f9
  5. #efeffb

Shades

#aaa8ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa8ea
  2. #9997d3
  3. #8886bb
  4. #7776a4
  5. #66658c
  6. #555475
  7. #44435e
  8. #333246
  9. #22222f
  10. #111117
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa8ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa8ea
  2. #b3b1ec
  3. #bbb9ee
  4. #c4c2f0
  5. #cccbf2
  6. #d5d4f5
  7. #dddcf7
  8. #e6e5f9
  9. #eeeefb
  10. #f7f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa8ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa8ea
  2. #a6a4df
  3. #a2a0d5
  4. #9d9cca
  5. #9998c0
  6. #9594b5
  7. #9190aa
  8. #8d8ca0
  9. #888895
  10. #84848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.21:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.5:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aeaeae ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #adacc9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #96b0ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #94ace8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9bb4bf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9eadec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9dabe9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a1afd2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa8ea {
  color: #aaa8ea;
}
Background
.bg-aaa8ea {
  background-color: #aaa8ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa8ea {
  border: 2px solid #aaa8ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa8ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 168 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 242 61% 79%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa8ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa8ea, #cba8ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa8ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 168 234 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.44 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 9.43 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 10.43 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.66 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 11.34 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 12.31 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 13.49 #555715 Inverted #aeaeae Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#aaa8ea  rgb(170, 168, 234)  hsl(242, 61%, 79%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#e8eaa8  rgb(232, 234, 168)  hsl(62, 61%, 79%)  Pale Goldenrod
#eaaaa8  rgb(234, 170, 168)  hsl(2, 61%, 79%)  Pastel Pink
#a8eaaa  rgb(168, 234, 170)  hsl(122, 61%, 79%)  Granny Smith Apple