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#AAA3CF

#aaa3cf ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#aaa3cf is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 63.92% green and 81.18% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 17.87% cyan, 21.26% magenta, 0% yellow and 18.82% black. Its hue angle is 249.55°, with 31.43% saturation and 72.55% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.85:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 6.78.

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Relative luminance0.3925

Complementary

  1. #aaa3cf
  2. #c8cfa3

Split complementary

  1. #aaa3cf
  2. #cfc0a3
  3. #b2cfa3

Analogous

  1. #a3b2cf
  2. #aaa3cf
  3. #c0a3cf

Triadic

  1. #aaa3cf
  2. #cfaaa3
  3. #a3cfaa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa3cf
  2. #cfa3c8
  3. #c8cfa3
  4. #a3cfaa

Square

  1. #aaa3cf
  2. #cfa3b2
  3. #c8cfa3
  4. #a3cfc0

Monochromatic

  1. #554a8f
  2. #7c71b5
  3. #aaa3cf
  4. #d8d5e9
  5. #f3f2f8

Shades

#aaa3cf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa3cf
  2. #9993ba
  3. #8882a6
  4. #777291
  5. #66627c
  6. #555268
  7. #444153
  8. #33313e
  9. #222129
  10. #111015
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa3cf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa3cf
  2. #b3acd4
  3. #bbb5d9
  4. #c4bfdd
  5. #ccc8e2
  6. #d5d1e7
  7. #dddaec
  8. #e6e3f1
  9. #eeedf5
  10. #f7f6fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa3cf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa3cf
  2. #a6a0c7
  3. #a29cbf
  4. #9d99b7
  5. #9995af
  6. #9592a8
  7. #918ea0
  8. #8d8b98
  9. #888790
  10. #848488
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.37:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.85:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a8a8a8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a9a6b9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #99a9d1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #99a7ce ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a3aab2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a0a7d0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a0a6ce ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a6a7be ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa3cf {
  color: #aaa3cf;
}
Background
.bg-aaa3cf {
  background-color: #aaa3cf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa3cf {
  border: 2px solid #aaa3cf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa3cf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 163 207;
  --color-primary-hsl: 250 31% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa3cf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa3cf, #c0a3cf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa3cf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 163 207 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.78 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 8.44 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.54 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 9.49 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 9.65 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 10.18 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 10.96 #555c30 Inverted #a8a8a8 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#aaa3cf  rgb(170, 163, 207)  hsl(250, 31%, 73%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#c8cfa3  rgb(200, 207, 163)  hsl(70, 31%, 73%)  Sage
#cfaaa3  rgb(207, 170, 163)  hsl(10, 31%, 73%)  Silver Pink
#a3cfaa  rgb(163, 207, 170)  hsl(130, 31%, 73%)  Celadon