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#AAA4FF

#aaa4ff ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#aaa4ff is a color from the blue family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 64.31% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 33.33% cyan, 35.69% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 243.96°, with 100% saturation and 82.16% 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 9.46:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 9.07.

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Relative luminance0.4232

Complementary

  1. #aaa4ff
  2. #f9ffa4

Split complementary

  1. #aaa4ff
  2. #ffd8a4
  3. #ccffa4

Analogous

  1. #a4ccff
  2. #aaa4ff
  3. #d8a4ff

Triadic

  1. #aaa4ff
  2. #ffaaa4
  3. #a4ffaa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa4ff
  2. #ffa4f9
  3. #f9ffa4
  4. #a4ffaa

Square

  1. #aaa4ff
  2. #ffa4cc
  3. #f9ffa4
  4. #a4ffd8

Monochromatic

  1. #1b0bff
  2. #6358ff
  3. #aaa4ff
  4. #ecebff
  5. #ecebff

Shades

#aaa4ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa4ff
  2. #9994e6
  3. #8883cc
  4. #7773b3
  5. #666299
  6. #555280
  7. #444266
  8. #33314d
  9. #222133
  10. #11101a
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa4ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa4ff
  2. #b3adff
  3. #bbb6ff
  4. #c4bfff
  5. #ccc8ff
  6. #d5d2ff
  7. #dddbff
  8. #e6e4ff
  9. #eeedff
  10. #f7f6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa4ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa4ff
  2. #a6a0f2
  3. #a29de6
  4. #9d99d9
  5. #9996cc
  6. #9592c0
  7. #918eb3
  8. #8d8ba6
  9. #888799
  10. #84848d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.22:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.46:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aeaeae ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #acaad3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #88b1ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #86abfd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #94b5c6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #97acff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #96a9fe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9daedf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa4ff {
  color: #aaa4ff;
}
Background
.bg-aaa4ff {
  background-color: #aaa4ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa4ff {
  border: 2px solid #aaa4ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa4ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 164 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 244 100% 82%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa4ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa4ff, #d8a4ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa4ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 164 255 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.07 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.60 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 11.60 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 11.86 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 12.23 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 13.00 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 13.37 #555b00 Inverted #aeaeae Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#aaa4ff  rgb(170, 164, 255)  hsl(244, 100%, 82%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#f9ffa4  rgb(249, 255, 164)  hsl(64, 100%, 82%)  Pastel Yellow
#ffaaa4  rgb(255, 170, 164)  hsl(4, 100%, 82%)  Melon
#a4ffaa  rgb(164, 255, 170)  hsl(124, 100%, 82%)  Pale Green