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#AAA3DA

#aaa3da ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#aaa3da 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 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 22.02% cyan, 25.23% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 247.64°, with 42.64% saturation and 74.71% 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 8.96:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 6.76.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.398

Complementary

  1. #aaa3da
  2. #d3daa3

Split complementary

  1. #aaa3da
  2. #dac6a3
  3. #b8daa3

Analogous

  1. #a3b8da
  2. #aaa3da
  3. #c6a3da

Triadic

  1. #aaa3da
  2. #daaaa3
  3. #a3daaa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa3da
  2. #daa3d3
  3. #d3daa3
  4. #a3daaa

Square

  1. #aaa3da
  2. #daa3b8
  3. #d3daa3
  4. #a3dac6

Monochromatic

  1. #4e41a3
  2. #786cc4
  3. #aaa3da
  4. #dcdaf0
  5. #f2f0f9

Shades

#aaa3da mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa3da
  2. #9993c4
  3. #8882ae
  4. #777299
  5. #666283
  6. #55526d
  7. #444157
  8. #333141
  9. #22212c
  10. #111016
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa3da mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa3da
  2. #b3acde
  3. #bbb5e1
  4. #c4bfe5
  5. #ccc8e9
  6. #d5d1ed
  7. #dddaf0
  8. #e6e3f4
  9. #eeedf8
  10. #f7f6fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa3da mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa3da
  2. #a6a0d1
  3. #a29cc8
  4. #9d99bf
  5. #9995b6
  6. #9592ad
  7. #918ea4
  8. #8d8b9b
  9. #888792
  10. #848489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.34:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.96:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a9a9a9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aaa7bf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #96aadc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #96a8d8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a0acb6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9ea7db ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9ea6d9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a4a9c5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa3da {
  color: #aaa3da;
}
Background
.bg-aaa3da {
  background-color: #aaa3da;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa3da {
  border: 2px solid #aaa3da;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa3da;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 163 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 248 43% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa3da {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa3da, #c6a3da);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa3da {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 163 218 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.76 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.43 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 10.46 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 10.73 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 10.77 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 10.95 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 11.11 #555c25 Inverted #a9a9a9 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#aaa3da  rgb(170, 163, 218)  hsl(248, 43%, 75%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#d3daa3  rgb(211, 218, 163)  hsl(68, 43%, 75%)  Pale Goldenrod
#daaaa3  rgb(218, 170, 163)  hsl(8, 43%, 75%)  Pastel Pink
#a3daaa  rgb(163, 218, 170)  hsl(128, 43%, 75%)  Celadon