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#AAA4CD

#aaa4cd ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#aaa4cd is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 64.31% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 17.07% cyan, 20% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 248.78°, with 29.08% saturation and 72.35% 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 8.9:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 6.48.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.395

Complementary

  1. #aaa4cd
  2. #c7cda4

Split complementary

  1. #aaa4cd
  2. #cdbea4
  3. #b2cda4

Analogous

  1. #a4b2cd
  2. #aaa4cd
  3. #bea4cd

Triadic

  1. #aaa4cd
  2. #cdaaa4
  3. #a4cdaa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa4cd
  2. #cda4c7
  3. #c7cda4
  4. #a4cdaa

Square

  1. #aaa4cd
  2. #cda4b2
  3. #c7cda4
  4. #a4cdbe

Monochromatic

  1. #564d8b
  2. #7c73b2
  3. #aaa4cd
  4. #d8d5e8
  5. #f3f2f8

Shades

#aaa4cd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa4cd
  2. #9994b9
  3. #8883a4
  4. #777390
  5. #66627b
  6. #555267
  7. #444252
  8. #33313e
  9. #222129
  10. #111015
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa4cd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa4cd
  2. #b3add2
  3. #bbb6d7
  4. #c4bfdc
  5. #ccc8e1
  6. #d5d2e6
  7. #dddbeb
  8. #e6e4f0
  9. #eeedf5
  10. #f7f6fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa4cd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa4cd
  2. #a6a0c5
  3. #a29dbe
  4. #9d99b6
  5. #9996ae
  6. #9592a7
  7. #918e9f
  8. #8d8b97
  9. #88878f
  10. #848488
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.36:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.9:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a9a9a9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a9a7b8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9ba9cf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9ba8cc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a3aab2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a1a7ce ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a1a6cc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a6a8bd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa4cd {
  color: #aaa4cd;
}
Background
.bg-aaa4cd {
  background-color: #aaa4cd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa4cd {
  border: 2px solid #aaa4cd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa4cd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 164 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 249 29% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa4cd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa4cd, #bea4cd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa4cd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 164 205 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.48 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 8.02 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.99 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 9.33 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 9.57 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 9.68 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 10.91 #555b32 Inverted #a9a9a9 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#aaa4cd  rgb(170, 164, 205)  hsl(249, 29%, 72%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#c7cda4  rgb(199, 205, 164)  hsl(69, 29%, 72%)  Sage
#cdaaa4  rgb(205, 170, 164)  hsl(9, 29%, 72%)  Silver Pink
#a4cdaa  rgb(164, 205, 170)  hsl(129, 29%, 72%)  Dark Sea Green