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#AAA2DD

#aaa2dd ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#aaa2dd is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 63.53% green and 86.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 23.08% cyan, 26.7% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 248.14°, with 46.46% saturation and 75.1% 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 8.92:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 7.07.

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Relative luminance0.3961

Complementary

  1. #aaa2dd
  2. #d5dda2

Split complementary

  1. #aaa2dd
  2. #ddc8a2
  3. #b8dda2

Analogous

  1. #a2b8dd
  2. #aaa2dd
  3. #c8a2dd

Triadic

  1. #aaa2dd
  2. #ddaaa2
  3. #a2ddaa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa2dd
  2. #dda2d5
  3. #d5dda2
  4. #a2ddaa

Square

  1. #aaa2dd
  2. #dda2b8
  3. #d5dda2
  4. #a2ddc8

Monochromatic

  1. #4c3ea8
  2. #776ac9
  3. #aaa2dd
  4. #dddaf1
  5. #f1f0fa

Shades

#aaa2dd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa2dd
  2. #9992c7
  3. #8882b1
  4. #77719b
  5. #666185
  6. #55516f
  7. #444158
  8. #333142
  9. #22202c
  10. #111016
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa2dd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa2dd
  2. #b3abe0
  3. #bbb5e4
  4. #c4bee7
  5. #ccc7eb
  6. #d5d1ee
  7. #dddaf1
  8. #e6e3f5
  9. #eeecf8
  10. #f7f6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa2dd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa2dd
  2. #a69fd4
  3. #a29bca
  4. #9d98c1
  5. #9994b8
  6. #9591af
  7. #918ea5
  8. #8d8a9c
  9. #888793
  10. #848389
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.35:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.92:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a9a9a9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a9a6c0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #93aae0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #93a8db ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9facb7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9da7df ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9da5dc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a4a8c7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa2dd {
  color: #aaa2dd;
}
Background
.bg-aaa2dd {
  background-color: #aaa2dd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa2dd {
  border: 2px solid #aaa2dd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa2dd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 162 221;
  --color-primary-hsl: 248 46% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa2dd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa2dd, #c8a2dd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa2dd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 162 221 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.07 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.40 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 10.69 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 10.89 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 11.06 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 11.15 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 11.69 #555d22 Inverted #a9a9a9 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#aaa2dd  rgb(170, 162, 221)  hsl(248, 46%, 75%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#d5dda2  rgb(213, 221, 162)  hsl(68, 46%, 75%)  Pale Goldenrod
#ddaaa2  rgb(221, 170, 162)  hsl(8, 46%, 75%)  Pastel Pink
#a2ddaa  rgb(162, 221, 170)  hsl(128, 46%, 75%)  Celadon