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#AAA4DA

#aaa4da ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#aaa4da 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 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 22.02% cyan, 24.77% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 246.67°, with 42.19% saturation and 74.9% 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 9.03:1 (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 luminance0.4016

Complementary

  1. #aaa4da
  2. #d4daa4

Split complementary

  1. #aaa4da
  2. #dac5a4
  3. #b9daa4

Analogous

  1. #a4b9da
  2. #aaa4da
  3. #c5a4da

Triadic

  1. #aaa4da
  2. #daaaa4
  3. #a4daaa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa4da
  2. #daa4d4
  3. #d4daa4
  4. #a4daaa

Square

  1. #aaa4da
  2. #daa4b9
  3. #d4daa4
  4. #a4dac5

Monochromatic

  1. #4d42a3
  2. #776ec4
  3. #aaa4da
  4. #dddaf0
  5. #f1f0f9

Shades

#aaa4da mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa4da
  2. #9994c4
  3. #8883ae
  4. #777399
  5. #666283
  6. #55526d
  7. #444257
  8. #333141
  9. #22212c
  10. #111016
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa4da mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa4da
  2. #b3adde
  3. #bbb6e1
  4. #c4bfe5
  5. #ccc8e9
  6. #d5d2ed
  7. #dddbf0
  8. #e6e4f4
  9. #eeedf8
  10. #f7f6fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa4da mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa4da
  2. #a6a0d1
  3. #a29dc8
  4. #9d99bf
  5. #9996b6
  6. #9592ad
  7. #918ea4
  8. #8d8b9b
  9. #888792
  10. #848489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.33:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.03:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aaaaaa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aaa8bf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #97abdc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #97a9d9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a0adb7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9fa8db ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9fa7d9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a4a9c6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa4da {
  color: #aaa4da;
}
Background
.bg-aaa4da {
  background-color: #aaa4da;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa4da {
  border: 2px solid #aaa4da;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa4da;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 164 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 247 42% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa4da {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa4da, #c5a4da);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa4da {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 164 218 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.48 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.63 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 10.21 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 10.67 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 10.87 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 10.91 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 11.22 #555b25 Inverted #aaaaaa Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#aaa4da  rgb(170, 164, 218)  hsl(247, 42%, 75%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#d4daa4  rgb(212, 218, 164)  hsl(67, 42%, 75%)  Pale Goldenrod
#daaaa4  rgb(218, 170, 164)  hsl(7, 42%, 75%)  Pastel Pink
#a4daaa  rgb(164, 218, 170)  hsl(127, 42%, 75%)  Celadon