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#AAA3FF

#aaa3ff ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#aaa3ff is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 63.92% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 33.33% cyan, 36.08% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 244.57°, with 100% saturation and 81.96% 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 9.39:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 9.22.

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Relative luminance0.4196

Complementary

  1. #aaa3ff
  2. #f8ffa3

Split complementary

  1. #aaa3ff
  2. #ffd8a3
  3. #caffa3

Analogous

  1. #a3caff
  2. #aaa3ff
  3. #d8a3ff

Triadic

  1. #aaa3ff
  2. #ffaaa3
  3. #a3ffaa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa3ff
  2. #ffa3f8
  3. #f8ffa3
  4. #a3ffaa

Square

  1. #aaa3ff
  2. #ffa3ca
  3. #f8ffa3
  4. #a3ffd8

Monochromatic

  1. #1d0aff
  2. #6356ff
  3. #aaa3ff
  4. #ecebff
  5. #ecebff

Shades

#aaa3ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa3ff
  2. #9993e6
  3. #8882cc
  4. #7772b3
  5. #666299
  6. #555280
  7. #444166
  8. #33314d
  9. #222133
  10. #11101a
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa3ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa3ff
  2. #b3acff
  3. #bbb5ff
  4. #c4bfff
  5. #ccc8ff
  6. #d5d1ff
  7. #dddaff
  8. #e6e3ff
  9. #eeedff
  10. #f7f6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa3ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa3ff
  2. #a6a0f2
  3. #a29ce6
  4. #9d99d9
  5. #9995cc
  6. #9592c0
  7. #918eb3
  8. #8d8ba6
  9. #888799
  10. #84848d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.24:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.39:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #adadad ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aca9d3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #87b0ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #85abfd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #94b4c5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #96abff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #95a8fe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9daedf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa3ff {
  color: #aaa3ff;
}
Background
.bg-aaa3ff {
  background-color: #aaa3ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa3ff {
  border: 2px solid #aaa3ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa3ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 163 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 245 100% 82%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa3ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa3ff, #d8a3ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa3ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 163 255 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.22 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.77 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 11.83 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 11.83 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 12.16 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 12.74 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 13.42 #555c00 Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#aaa3ff  rgb(170, 163, 255)  hsl(245, 100%, 82%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#f8ffa3  rgb(248, 255, 163)  hsl(65, 100%, 82%)  Pastel Yellow
#ffaaa3  rgb(255, 170, 163)  hsl(5, 100%, 82%)  Melon
#a3ffaa  rgb(163, 255, 170)  hsl(125, 100%, 82%)  Pale Green