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#AAA4E1

#aaa4e1 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#aaa4e1 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 88.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 24.44% cyan, 27.11% magenta, 0% yellow and 11.76% black. Its hue angle is 245.9°, with 50.41% saturation and 76.27% 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 9.11:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 6.7.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.4053

Complementary

  1. #aaa4e1
  2. #dbe1a4

Split complementary

  1. #aaa4e1
  2. #e1c8a4
  3. #bce1a4

Analogous

  1. #a4bce1
  2. #aaa4e1
  3. #c8a4e1

Triadic

  1. #aaa4e1
  2. #e1aaa4
  3. #a4e1aa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa4e1
  2. #e1a4db
  3. #dbe1a4
  4. #a4e1aa

Square

  1. #aaa4e1
  2. #e1a4bc
  3. #dbe1a4
  4. #a4e1c8

Monochromatic

  1. #463bb1
  2. #746ace
  3. #aaa4e1
  4. #e0def4
  5. #f1f0fa

Shades

#aaa4e1 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa4e1
  2. #9994cb
  3. #8883b4
  4. #77739e
  5. #666287
  6. #555271
  7. #44425a
  8. #333144
  9. #22212d
  10. #111017
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa4e1 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa4e1
  2. #b3ade4
  3. #bbb6e7
  4. #c4bfea
  5. #ccc8ed
  6. #d5d2f0
  7. #dddbf3
  8. #e6e4f6
  9. #eeedf9
  10. #f7f6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa4e1 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa4e1
  2. #a6a0d7
  3. #a29dce
  4. #9d99c4
  5. #9996ba
  6. #9592b1
  7. #918ea7
  8. #8d8b9d
  9. #888793
  10. #84848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.31:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.11:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aaa8c3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #94ace4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #94a9df ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9eaeb9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9da9e3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9da7e0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a3aaca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa4e1 {
  color: #aaa4e1;
}
Background
.bg-aaa4e1 {
  background-color: #aaa4e1;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa4e1 {
  border: 2px solid #aaa4e1;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa4e1;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 164 225;
  --color-primary-hsl: 246 50% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa4e1 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa4e1, #c8a4e1);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa4e1 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 164 225 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.70 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 9.01 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 10.19 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 10.96 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 11.38 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 11.87 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 12.02 #555b1e Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#aaa4e1  rgb(170, 164, 225)  hsl(246, 50%, 76%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#dbe1a4  rgb(219, 225, 164)  hsl(66, 50%, 76%)  Pale Goldenrod
#e1aaa4  rgb(225, 170, 164)  hsl(6, 50%, 76%)  Pastel Pink
#a4e1aa  rgb(164, 225, 170)  hsl(126, 50%, 76%)  Celadon