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#aaaffe ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#aaaffe 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, 68.63% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 33.07% cyan, 31.1% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 236.43°, 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 10.27:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 7.8.

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Relative luminance0.4636

Complementary

  1. #aaaffe
  2. #fef9aa

Split complementary

  1. #aaaffe
  2. #fecfaa
  3. #d9feaa

Analogous

  1. #aad9fe
  2. #aaaffe
  3. #cfaafe

Triadic

  1. #aaaffe
  2. #feaaaf
  3. #affeaa

Tetradic

  1. #aaaffe
  2. #f9aafe
  3. #fef9aa
  4. #affeaa

Square

  1. #aaaffe
  2. #feaad9
  3. #fef9aa
  4. #aafecf

Monochromatic

  1. #1321fc
  2. #5e68fd
  3. #aaaffe
  4. #ebecff
  5. #ebecff

Shades

#aaaffe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaaffe
  2. #999ee5
  3. #888ccb
  4. #777bb2
  5. #666998
  6. #55587f
  7. #444666
  8. #33354c
  9. #222333
  10. #111219
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaaffe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaaffe
  2. #b3b7fe
  3. #bbbffe
  4. #c4c7fe
  5. #cccffe
  6. #d5d7ff
  7. #dddfff
  8. #e6e7ff
  9. #eeefff
  10. #f7f7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaaffe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaaffe
  2. #a6aaf1
  3. #a2a6e5
  4. #9da1d8
  5. #999ccc
  6. #9598bf
  7. #9193b2
  8. #8d8ea6
  9. #888999
  10. #84858d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.04:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.27:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b5b5b5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b1b3d6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #97b8ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #93b2fc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #94becb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9fb5ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9db1fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9db8e1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaaffe {
  color: #aaaffe;
}
Background
.bg-aaaffe {
  background-color: #aaaffe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaaffe {
  border: 2px solid #aaaffe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaaffe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 175 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 236 98% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaaffe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaaffe, #cfaafe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaaffe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 175 254 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.80 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 8.97 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 9.31 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 12.74 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 12.82 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 13.04 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 13.16 #555001 Inverted #b5b5b5 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#aaaffe  rgb(170, 175, 254)  hsl(236, 98%, 83%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#fef9aa  rgb(254, 249, 170)  hsl(56, 98%, 83%)  Pastel Yellow
#feaaaf  rgb(254, 170, 175)  hsl(356, 98%, 83%)  Light Pink
#affeaa  rgb(175, 254, 170)  hsl(116, 98%, 83%)  Pale Green