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#aeaffe ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#aeaffe is a color from the blue family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 68.63% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 31.5% cyan, 31.1% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 239.25°, with 97.56% saturation and 83.92% 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 10.36:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 7.88.

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Relative luminance0.4681

Complementary

  1. #aeaffe
  2. #fefdae

Split complementary

  1. #aeaffe
  2. #fed5ae
  3. #d7feae

Analogous

  1. #aed7fe
  2. #aeaffe
  3. #d5aefe

Triadic

  1. #aeaffe
  2. #feaeaf
  3. #affeae

Tetradic

  1. #aeaffe
  2. #fdaefe
  3. #fefdae
  4. #affeae

Square

  1. #aeaffe
  2. #feaed7
  3. #fefdae
  4. #aefed5

Monochromatic

  1. #171afc
  2. #6264fd
  3. #aeaffe
  4. #ebebff
  5. #ebebff

Shades

#aeaffe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aeaffe
  2. #9d9ee5
  3. #8b8ccb
  4. #7a7bb2
  5. #686998
  6. #57587f
  7. #464666
  8. #34354c
  9. #232333
  10. #111219
  11. #000000

Tints

#aeaffe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aeaffe
  2. #b6b7fe
  3. #bebffe
  4. #c6c7fe
  5. #cecffe
  6. #d7d7ff
  7. #dfdfff
  8. #e7e7ff
  9. #efefff
  10. #f7f7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aeaffe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aeaffe
  2. #a9aaf1
  3. #a5a6e5
  4. #a0a1d8
  5. #9c9ccc
  6. #9798bf
  7. #9293b2
  8. #8e8ea6
  9. #898999
  10. #85858d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.03:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.36:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b6b6b6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b3b3d7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #98b9ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #95b4fc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9abecb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a1b5ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9fb2fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a2b8e1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aeaffe {
  color: #aeaffe;
}
Background
.bg-aeaffe {
  background-color: #aeaffe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aeaffe {
  border: 2px solid #aeaffe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aeaffe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 175 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 239 98% 84%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aeaffe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aeaffe, #d5aefe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aeaffe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 175 254 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.88 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.87 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.12 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 11.81 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 12.59 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 12.78 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 13.89 #515001 Inverted #b6b6b6 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#aeaffe  rgb(174, 175, 254)  hsl(239, 98%, 84%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#fefdae  rgb(254, 253, 174)  hsl(59, 98%, 84%)  Pastel Yellow
#feaeaf  rgb(254, 174, 175)  hsl(359, 98%, 84%)  Light Pink
#affeae  rgb(175, 254, 174)  hsl(119, 98%, 84%)  Pale Green