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#AAA1E5

#aaa1e5 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#aaa1e5 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 63.14% green and 89.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.76% cyan, 29.69% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.2% black. Its hue angle is 247.94°, with 56.67% saturation and 76.47% 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 8.94:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 7.57.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.3969

Complementary

  1. #aaa1e5
  2. #dce5a1

Split complementary

  1. #aaa1e5
  2. #e5cca1
  3. #bae5a1

Analogous

  1. #a1bae5
  2. #aaa1e5
  3. #cca1e5

Triadic

  1. #aaa1e5
  2. #e5aaa1
  3. #a1e5aa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa1e5
  2. #e5a1dc
  3. #dce5a1
  4. #a1e5aa

Square

  1. #aaa1e5
  2. #e5a1ba
  3. #dce5a1
  4. #a1e5cc

Monochromatic

  1. #4533ba
  2. #7465d4
  3. #aaa1e5
  4. #e0ddf6
  5. #f1effb

Shades

#aaa1e5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa1e5
  2. #9991ce
  3. #8881b7
  4. #7771a0
  5. #666189
  6. #555173
  7. #44405c
  8. #333045
  9. #22202e
  10. #111017
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa1e5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa1e5
  2. #b3aae8
  3. #bbb4ea
  4. #c4bded
  5. #ccc7ef
  6. #d5d0f2
  7. #ddd9f5
  8. #e6e3f7
  9. #eeecfa
  10. #f7f6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa1e5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa1e5
  2. #a69edb
  3. #a29ad1
  4. #9d97c7
  5. #9994bd
  6. #9591b3
  7. #918da8
  8. #8d8a9e
  9. #888794
  10. #84838a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.35:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.94:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a9a9a9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a9a6c4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8faae8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8fa8e3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9dadb9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9ba7e7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9ba5e4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a2a8cc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa1e5 {
  color: #aaa1e5;
}
Background
.bg-aaa1e5 {
  background-color: #aaa1e5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa1e5 {
  border: 2px solid #aaa1e5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa1e5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 161 229;
  --color-primary-hsl: 248 57% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa1e5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa1e5, #cca1e5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa1e5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 161 229 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.57 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.95 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 10.72 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 11.04 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 11.38 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 11.83 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 12.20 #555e1a Inverted #a9a9a9 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#aaa1e5  rgb(170, 161, 229)  hsl(248, 57%, 76%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#dce5a1  rgb(220, 229, 161)  hsl(68, 57%, 76%)  Pale Goldenrod
#e5aaa1  rgb(229, 170, 161)  hsl(8, 57%, 76%)  Pastel Pink
#a1e5aa  rgb(161, 229, 170)  hsl(128, 57%, 76%)  Granny Smith Apple