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#AAAEE2

#aaaee2 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#aaaee2 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 88.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 24.78% cyan, 23.01% magenta, 0% yellow and 11.37% black. Its hue angle is 235.71°, with 49.12% saturation and 77.65% 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 9.86:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 4.47.

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Relative luminance0.4431

Complementary

  1. #aaaee2
  2. #e2deaa

Split complementary

  1. #aaaee2
  2. #e2c2aa
  3. #cae2aa

Analogous

  1. #aacae2
  2. #aaaee2
  3. #c2aae2

Triadic

  1. #aaaee2
  2. #e2aaae
  3. #aee2aa

Tetradic

  1. #aaaee2
  2. #deaae2
  3. #e2deaa
  4. #aee2aa

Square

  1. #aaaee2
  2. #e2aaca
  3. #e2deaa
  4. #aae2c2

Monochromatic

  1. #3e46b5
  2. #7178cf
  3. #aaaee2
  4. #e3e4f5
  5. #f0f1fa

Shades

#aaaee2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaaee2
  2. #999dcb
  3. #888bb5
  4. #777a9e
  5. #666888
  6. #555771
  7. #44465a
  8. #333444
  9. #22232d
  10. #111117
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaaee2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaaee2
  2. #b3b6e5
  3. #bbbee8
  4. #c4c6eb
  5. #ccceee
  6. #d5d7f1
  7. #dddff3
  8. #e6e7f6
  9. #eeeff9
  10. #f7f7fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaaee2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaaee2
  2. #a6a9d8
  3. #a2a5ce
  4. #9da0c5
  5. #999cbb
  6. #9597b1
  7. #9192a7
  8. #8d8e9d
  9. #888994
  10. #84858a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.13:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.86:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b2b2b2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #afb0c7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a0b4e4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9db0e1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9db7c0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a4b1e3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a3afe1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a2b4ce ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaaee2 {
  color: #aaaee2;
}
Background
.bg-aaaee2 {
  background-color: #aaaee2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaaee2 {
  border: 2px solid #aaaee2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaaee2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 174 226;
  --color-primary-hsl: 236 49% 78%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaaee2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaaee2, #c2aae2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaaee2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 174 226 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 4.47 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 7.99 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.82 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 11.38 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 11.46 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 12.41 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 12.88 #55511d Inverted #b2b2b2 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#aaaee2  rgb(170, 174, 226)  hsl(236, 49%, 78%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#e2deaa  rgb(226, 222, 170)  hsl(56, 49%, 78%)  Pale Goldenrod
#e2aaae  rgb(226, 170, 174)  hsl(356, 49%, 78%)  Pastel Pink
#aee2aa  rgb(174, 226, 170)  hsl(116, 49%, 78%)  Celadon