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#AAAEFE

#aaaefe ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#aaaefe is a color from the blue family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 68.24% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 33.07% cyan, 31.5% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 237.14°, with 97.67% saturation and 83.14% 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 soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.19:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 7.87.

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Relative luminance0.4597

Complementary

  1. #aaaefe
  2. #fefaaa

Split complementary

  1. #aaaefe
  2. #fed0aa
  3. #d8feaa

Analogous

  1. #aad8fe
  2. #aaaefe
  3. #d0aafe

Triadic

  1. #aaaefe
  2. #feaaae
  3. #aefeaa

Tetradic

  1. #aaaefe
  2. #faaafe
  3. #fefaaa
  4. #aefeaa

Square

  1. #aaaefe
  2. #feaad8
  3. #fefaaa
  4. #aafed0

Monochromatic

  1. #131efc
  2. #5e66fd
  3. #aaaefe
  4. #ebecff
  5. #ebecff

Shades

#aaaefe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaaefe
  2. #999de5
  3. #888bcb
  4. #777ab2
  5. #666898
  6. #55577f
  7. #444666
  8. #33344c
  9. #222333
  10. #111119
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaaefe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaaefe
  2. #b3b6fe
  3. #bbbefe
  4. #c4c6fe
  5. #cccefe
  6. #d5d7ff
  7. #dddfff
  8. #e6e7ff
  9. #eeefff
  10. #f7f7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaaefe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaaefe
  2. #a6a9f1
  3. #a2a5e5
  4. #9da0d8
  5. #999ccc
  6. #9597bf
  7. #9192b2
  8. #8d8ea6
  9. #888999
  10. #84858d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.06:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.19:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b5b5b5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b0b2d6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #96b8ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #92b2fc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #94bdcb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9eb4ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9cb0fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9db7e1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaaefe {
  color: #aaaefe;
}
Background
.bg-aaaefe {
  background-color: #aaaefe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaaefe {
  border: 2px solid #aaaefe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaaefe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 174 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 237 98% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaaefe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaaefe, #d0aafe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaaefe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 174 254 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.87 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.10 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 9.48 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 12.68 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 12.82 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 13.11 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 13.16 #555101 Inverted #b5b5b5 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#aaaefe  rgb(170, 174, 254)  hsl(237, 98%, 83%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#fefaaa  rgb(254, 250, 170)  hsl(57, 98%, 83%)  Pastel Yellow
#feaaae  rgb(254, 170, 174)  hsl(357, 98%, 83%)  Light Pink
#aefeaa  rgb(174, 254, 170)  hsl(117, 98%, 83%)  Pale Green