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#aaaabc ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#aaaabc is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 66.67% green and 73.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 9.57% cyan, 9.57% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 240°, with 11.84% saturation and 70.2% lightness in HSL. It is a neutral color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.19:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 6.62.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.4093

Complementary

  1. #aaaabc
  2. #bcbcaa

Split complementary

  1. #aaaabc
  2. #bcb3aa
  3. #b3bcaa

Analogous

  1. #aab3bc
  2. #aaaabc
  3. #b3aabc

Triadic

  1. #aaaabc
  2. #bcaaaa
  3. #aabcaa

Tetradic

  1. #aaaabc
  2. #bcaabc
  3. #bcbcaa
  4. #aabcaa

Square

  1. #aaaabc
  2. #bcaab3
  3. #bcbcaa
  4. #aabcb3

Monochromatic

  1. #5a5a73
  2. #7f7f9a
  3. #aaaabc
  4. #d5d5de
  5. #f4f4f6

Shades

#aaaabc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaaabc
  2. #9999a9
  3. #888896
  4. #777784
  5. #666671
  6. #55555e
  7. #44444b
  8. #333338
  9. #222226
  10. #111113
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaaabc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaaabc
  2. #b3b3c3
  3. #bbbbc9
  4. #c4c4d0
  5. #ccccd7
  6. #d5d5de
  7. #dddde4
  8. #e6e6eb
  9. #eeeef2
  10. #f7f7f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaaabc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaaabc
  2. #a6a6b6
  3. #a2a2b0
  4. #9d9daa
  5. #9999a4
  6. #95959e
  7. #919198
  8. #8d8d92
  9. #88888c
  10. #848486
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.19:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ababb2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a6acbd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a6abbb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a7adb0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a8abbd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a7abbc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a8acb5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaaabc {
  color: #aaaabc;
}
Background
.bg-aaaabc {
  background-color: #aaaabc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaaabc {
  border: 2px solid #aaaabc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaaabc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 170 188;
  --color-primary-hsl: 240 12% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaaabc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaaabc, #b3aabc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaaabc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 170 188 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.62 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 8.41 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 8.58 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 8.60 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 8.60 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 8.85 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.19 #555543 Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#aaaabc  rgb(170, 170, 188)  hsl(240, 12%, 70%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#bcbcaa  rgb(188, 188, 170)  hsl(60, 12%, 70%)  Ash Gray
#bcaaaa  rgb(188, 170, 170)  hsl(0, 12%, 70%)  Silver Pink
#aabcaa  rgb(170, 188, 170)  hsl(120, 12%, 70%)  Ash Gray