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#AAA5FA

#aaa5fa ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#aaa5fa 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 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 32% cyan, 34% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 243.53°, with 89.47% saturation and 81.37% 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 9.47:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 8.43.

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Relative luminance0.4236

Complementary

  1. #aaa5fa
  2. #f5faa5

Split complementary

  1. #aaa5fa
  2. #fad4a5
  3. #cafaa5

Analogous

  1. #a5cafa
  2. #aaa5fa
  3. #d4a5fa

Triadic

  1. #aaa5fa
  2. #faaaa5
  3. #a5faaa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa5fa
  2. #faa5f5
  3. #f5faa5
  4. #a5faaa

Square

  1. #aaa5fa
  2. #faa5ca
  3. #f5faa5
  4. #a5fad4

Monochromatic

  1. #2114f2
  2. #665df6
  3. #aaa5fa
  4. #edecfe
  5. #edecfe

Shades

#aaa5fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa5fa
  2. #9995e1
  3. #8884c8
  4. #7774af
  5. #666396
  6. #55537d
  7. #444264
  8. #33324b
  9. #222132
  10. #111119
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa5fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa5fa
  2. #b3aefb
  3. #bbb7fb
  4. #c4c0fc
  5. #ccc9fc
  6. #d5d2fd
  7. #dddbfd
  8. #e6e4fe
  9. #eeedfe
  10. #f7f6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa5fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa5fa
  2. #a6a1ee
  3. #a29ee2
  4. #9d9ad5
  5. #9996c9
  6. #9593bd
  7. #918fb1
  8. #8d8ba5
  9. #888798
  10. #84848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.22:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.47:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aeaeae ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #acabd1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8cb0fd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8aacf8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #96b5c4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #99acfc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #98a9f9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9eafdc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa5fa {
  color: #aaa5fa;
}
Background
.bg-aaa5fa {
  background-color: #aaa5fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa5fa {
  border: 2px solid #aaa5fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa5fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 165 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 244 89% 81%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa5fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa5fa, #d4a5fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa5fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 165 250 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.43 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.49 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 11.04 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 11.62 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 11.73 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 13.03 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 13.50 #555a05 Inverted #aeaeae Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#aaa5fa  rgb(170, 165, 250)  hsl(244, 89%, 81%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#f5faa5  rgb(245, 250, 165)  hsl(64, 89%, 81%)  Pastel Yellow
#faaaa5  rgb(250, 170, 165)  hsl(4, 89%, 81%)  Melon
#a5faaa  rgb(165, 250, 170)  hsl(124, 89%, 81%)  Pale Green