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#aaaef8 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#aaaef8 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 97.25% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 31.45% cyan, 29.84% magenta, 0% yellow and 2.75% black. Its hue angle is 236.92°, with 84.78% saturation and 81.96% 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 10.12:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 7.15.

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Relative luminance0.456

Complementary

  1. #aaaef8
  2. #f8f4aa

Split complementary

  1. #aaaef8
  2. #f8cdaa
  3. #d5f8aa

Analogous

  1. #aad5f8
  2. #aaaef8
  3. #cdaaf8

Triadic

  1. #aaaef8
  2. #f8aaae
  3. #aef8aa

Tetradic

  1. #aaaef8
  2. #f4aaf8
  3. #f8f4aa
  4. #aef8aa

Square

  1. #aaaef8
  2. #f8aad5
  3. #f8f4aa
  4. #aaf8cd

Monochromatic

  1. #1d27ec
  2. #636bf2
  3. #aaaef8
  4. #ecedfd
  5. #ecedfd

Shades

#aaaef8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaaef8
  2. #999ddf
  3. #888bc6
  4. #777aae
  5. #666895
  6. #55577c
  7. #444663
  8. #33344a
  9. #222332
  10. #111119
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaaef8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaaef8
  2. #b3b6f9
  3. #bbbef9
  4. #c4c6fa
  5. #cccefb
  6. #d5d7fc
  7. #dddffc
  8. #e6e7fd
  9. #eeeffe
  10. #f7f7fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaaef8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaaef8
  2. #a6a9ec
  3. #a2a5e0
  4. #9da0d4
  5. #999cc8
  6. #9597bc
  7. #9192b0
  8. #8d8ea4
  9. #888998
  10. #84858c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.08:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.12:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b4b4b4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b0b2d3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #98b7fb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #94b1f6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #96bcc8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a0b3fa ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9eb0f7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9eb6dd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaaef8 {
  color: #aaaef8;
}
Background
.bg-aaaef8 {
  background-color: #aaaef8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaaef8 {
  border: 2px solid #aaaef8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaaef8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 174 248;
  --color-primary-hsl: 237 85% 82%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaaef8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaaef8, #cdaaf8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaaef8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 174 248 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.15 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 9.00 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.17 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 12.45 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 12.77 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 13.26 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 13.28 #555107 Inverted #b4b4b4 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#aaaef8  rgb(170, 174, 248)  hsl(237, 85%, 82%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#f8f4aa  rgb(248, 244, 170)  hsl(57, 85%, 82%)  Pale Goldenrod
#f8aaae  rgb(248, 170, 174)  hsl(357, 85%, 82%)  Light Pink
#aef8aa  rgb(174, 248, 170)  hsl(117, 85%, 82%)  Pale Green