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#AAA5EA

#aaa5ea ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#aaa5ea is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 64.71% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 27.35% cyan, 29.49% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 244.35°, with 62.16% saturation and 78.24% 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 9.28:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 7.01.

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Relative luminance0.414

Complementary

  1. #aaa5ea
  2. #e5eaa5

Split complementary

  1. #aaa5ea
  2. #eacda5
  3. #c3eaa5

Analogous

  1. #a5c3ea
  2. #aaa5ea
  3. #cda5ea

Triadic

  1. #aaa5ea
  2. #eaaaa5
  3. #a5eaaa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa5ea
  2. #eaa5e5
  3. #e5eaa5
  4. #a5eaaa

Square

  1. #aaa5ea
  2. #eaa5c3
  3. #e5eaa5
  4. #a5eacd

Monochromatic

  1. #3a2fc7
  2. #6f67dc
  3. #aaa5ea
  4. #e5e3f8
  5. #efeefb

Shades

#aaa5ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa5ea
  2. #9995d3
  3. #8884bb
  4. #7774a4
  5. #66638c
  6. #555375
  7. #44425e
  8. #333246
  9. #22212f
  10. #111117
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa5ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa5ea
  2. #b3aeec
  3. #bbb7ee
  4. #c4c0f0
  5. #ccc9f2
  6. #d5d2f5
  7. #dddbf7
  8. #e6e4f9
  9. #eeedfb
  10. #f7f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa5ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa5ea
  2. #a6a1df
  3. #a29ed5
  4. #9d9aca
  5. #9996c0
  6. #9593b5
  7. #918faa
  8. #8d8ba0
  9. #888795
  10. #84848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.26:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.28:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #acacac ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aba9c8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #92aeed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #91abe8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9bb1be ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9cabec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9ca8e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a1acd1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa5ea {
  color: #aaa5ea;
}
Background
.bg-aaa5ea {
  background-color: #aaa5ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa5ea {
  border: 2px solid #aaa5ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa5ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 165 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 244 62% 78%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa5ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa5ea, #cda5ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa5ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 165 234 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.01 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 9.96 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 10.16 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 11.03 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 11.16 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 12.28 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 12.64 #555a15 Inverted #acacac Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#aaa5ea  rgb(170, 165, 234)  hsl(244, 62%, 78%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#e5eaa5  rgb(229, 234, 165)  hsl(64, 62%, 78%)  Pale Goldenrod
#eaaaa5  rgb(234, 170, 165)  hsl(4, 62%, 78%)  Pastel Pink
#a5eaaa  rgb(165, 234, 170)  hsl(124, 62%, 78%)  Granny Smith Apple