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#aaaeee ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#aaaeee is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 68.24% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 28.57% cyan, 26.89% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 236.47°, with 66.67% saturation and 80% 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 10:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 5.94.

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Relative luminance0.4499

Complementary

  1. #aaaeee
  2. #eeeaaa

Split complementary

  1. #aaaeee
  2. #eec8aa
  3. #d0eeaa

Analogous

  1. #aad0ee
  2. #aaaeee
  3. #c8aaee

Triadic

  1. #aaaeee
  2. #eeaaae
  3. #aeeeaa

Tetradic

  1. #aaaeee
  2. #eaaaee
  3. #eeeaaa
  4. #aeeeaa

Square

  1. #aaaeee
  2. #eeaad0
  3. #eeeaaa
  4. #aaeec8

Monochromatic

  1. #2a34d5
  2. #6a71e1
  3. #aaaeee
  4. #eaebfb
  5. #eeeffc

Shades

#aaaeee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaaeee
  2. #999dd6
  3. #888bbe
  4. #777aa7
  5. #66688f
  6. #555777
  7. #44465f
  8. #333447
  9. #222330
  10. #111118
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaaeee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaaeee
  2. #b3b6f0
  3. #bbbef1
  4. #c4c6f3
  5. #cccef5
  6. #d5d7f7
  7. #dddff8
  8. #e6e7fa
  9. #eeeffc
  10. #f7f7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaaeee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaaeee
  2. #a6a9e3
  3. #a2a5d8
  4. #9da0cd
  5. #999cc2
  6. #9597b7
  7. #9192ac
  8. #8d8ea1
  9. #888996
  10. #84858b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.1:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b3b3b3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #afb1cd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9cb5f1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #99b1ec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #99bac4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a2b2f0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a0b0ed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a0b5d6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaaeee {
  color: #aaaeee;
}
Background
.bg-aaaeee {
  background-color: #aaaeee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaaeee {
  border: 2px solid #aaaeee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaaeee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 174 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 236 67% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaaeee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaaeee, #c8aaee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaaeee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 174 238 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 5.94 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.34 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.47 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 11.96 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 12.24 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 12.94 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 13.64 #555111 Inverted #b3b3b3 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#aaaeee  rgb(170, 174, 238)  hsl(236, 67%, 80%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#eeeaaa  rgb(238, 234, 170)  hsl(56, 67%, 80%)  Pale Goldenrod
#eeaaae  rgb(238, 170, 174)  hsl(356, 67%, 80%)  Pastel Pink
#aeeeaa  rgb(174, 238, 170)  hsl(116, 67%, 80%)  Granny Smith Apple