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#AAAECB

#aaaecb ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#aaaecb is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 68.24% green and 79.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 16.26% cyan, 14.29% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.39% black. Its hue angle is 232.73°, with 24.09% saturation and 73.14% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.63:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 3.11.

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Relative luminance0.4313

Complementary

  1. #aaaecb
  2. #cbc7aa

Split complementary

  1. #aaaecb
  2. #cbb7aa
  3. #bfcbaa

Analogous

  1. #aabfcb
  2. #aaaecb
  3. #b7aacb

Triadic

  1. #aaaecb
  2. #cbaaae
  3. #aecbaa

Tetradic

  1. #aaaecb
  2. #c7aacb
  3. #cbc7aa
  4. #aecbaa

Square

  1. #aaaecb
  2. #cbaabf
  3. #cbc7aa
  4. #aacbb7

Monochromatic

  1. #545a89
  2. #7b81ae
  3. #aaaecb
  4. #d9dbe8
  5. #f2f3f7

Shades

#aaaecb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaaecb
  2. #999db7
  3. #888ba2
  4. #777a8e
  5. #66687a
  6. #555766
  7. #444651
  8. #33343d
  9. #222329
  10. #111114
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaaecb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaaecb
  2. #b3b6d0
  3. #bbbed5
  4. #c4c6db
  5. #cccee0
  6. #d5d7e5
  7. #dddfea
  8. #e6e7ef
  9. #eeeff5
  10. #f7f7fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaaecb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaaecb
  2. #a6a9c4
  3. #a2a5bc
  4. #9da0b5
  5. #999cad
  6. #9597a6
  7. #91929e
  8. #8d8e97
  9. #88898f
  10. #848588
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.18:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.63:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #adafbb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a7b1cc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a5aeca ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a3b3b7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a8b0cc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a7aecb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a6b1c0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaaecb {
  color: #aaaecb;
}
Background
.bg-aaaecb {
  background-color: #aaaecb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaaecb {
  border: 2px solid #aaaecb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaaecb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 174 203;
  --color-primary-hsl: 233 24% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaaecb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaaecb, #b7aacb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaaecb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 174 203 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 3.11 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 8.72 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 8.80 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 10.19 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 10.32 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 10.72 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 10.99 #555134 Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#aaaecb  rgb(170, 174, 203)  hsl(233, 24%, 73%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#cbc7aa  rgb(203, 199, 170)  hsl(53, 24%, 73%)  Sage
#cbaaae  rgb(203, 170, 174)  hsl(353, 24%, 73%)  Silver Pink
#aecbaa  rgb(174, 203, 170)  hsl(113, 24%, 73%)  Dark Sea Green