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#AAA2EE

#aaa2ee ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#aaa2ee is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 63.53% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 28.57% cyan, 31.93% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 246.32°, with 69.09% saturation and 78.43% 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 9.11:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 7.9.

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Web safe#9999ff
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Relative luminance0.4056

Complementary

  1. #aaa2ee
  2. #e6eea2

Split complementary

  1. #aaa2ee
  2. #eed0a2
  3. #c0eea2

Analogous

  1. #a2c0ee
  2. #aaa2ee
  3. #d0a2ee

Triadic

  1. #aaa2ee
  2. #eeaaa2
  3. #a2eeaa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa2ee
  2. #eea2e6
  3. #e6eea2
  4. #a2eeaa

Square

  1. #aaa2ee
  2. #eea2c0
  3. #e6eea2
  4. #a2eed0

Monochromatic

  1. #3826d1
  2. #6f61e2
  3. #aaa2ee
  4. #e5e3fa
  5. #efeefc

Shades

#aaa2ee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa2ee
  2. #9992d6
  3. #8882be
  4. #7771a7
  5. #66618f
  6. #555177
  7. #44415f
  8. #333147
  9. #222030
  10. #111018
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa2ee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa2ee
  2. #b3abf0
  3. #bbb5f1
  4. #c4bef3
  5. #ccc7f5
  6. #d5d1f7
  7. #dddaf8
  8. #e6e3fa
  9. #eeecfc
  10. #f7f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa2ee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa2ee
  2. #a69fe3
  3. #a29bd8
  4. #9d98cd
  5. #9994c2
  6. #9591b7
  7. #918eac
  8. #8d8aa1
  9. #888796
  10. #84838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.11:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aaa7c9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8dacf1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8ca9ec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9aafbd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #99a8f0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #99a6ed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a1aad3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa2ee {
  color: #aaa2ee;
}
Background
.bg-aaa2ee {
  background-color: #aaa2ee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa2ee {
  border: 2px solid #aaa2ee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa2ee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 162 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 246 69% 78%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa2ee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa2ee, #d0a2ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa2ee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 162 238 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.90 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 10.05 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 10.95 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 11.09 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 11.42 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 11.75 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 12.71 #555d11 Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#aaa2ee  rgb(170, 162, 238)  hsl(246, 69%, 78%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#e6eea2  rgb(230, 238, 162)  hsl(66, 69%, 78%)  Pale Goldenrod
#eeaaa2  rgb(238, 170, 162)  hsl(6, 69%, 78%)  Pastel Pink
#a2eeaa  rgb(162, 238, 170)  hsl(126, 69%, 78%)  Granny Smith Apple