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#AAA6C3

#aaa6c3 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#aaa6c3 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 65.1% green and 76.47% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 12.82% cyan, 14.87% magenta, 0% yellow and 23.53% black. Its hue angle is 248.28°, with 19.46% saturation and 70.78% 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 8.95:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 6.21.

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Relative luminance0.3976

Complementary

  1. #aaa6c3
  2. #bfc3a6

Split complementary

  1. #aaa6c3
  2. #c3b8a6
  3. #b0c3a6

Analogous

  1. #a6b0c3
  2. #aaa6c3
  3. #b8a6c3

Triadic

  1. #aaa6c3
  2. #c3aaa6
  3. #a6c3aa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa6c3
  2. #c3a6bf
  3. #bfc3a6
  4. #a6c3aa

Square

  1. #aaa6c3
  2. #c3a6b0
  3. #bfc3a6
  4. #a6c3b8

Monochromatic

  1. #59547c
  2. #7e78a4
  3. #aaa6c3
  4. #d6d4e2
  5. #f3f3f7

Shades

#aaa6c3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa6c3
  2. #9995b0
  3. #88859c
  4. #777489
  5. #666475
  6. #555362
  7. #44424e
  8. #33323b
  9. #222127
  10. #111114
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa6c3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa6c3
  2. #b3afc9
  3. #bbb8cf
  4. #c4c1d5
  5. #cccadb
  6. #d5d3e1
  7. #dddbe7
  8. #e6e4ed
  9. #eeedf3
  10. #f7f6f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa6c3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa6c3
  2. #a6a2bc
  3. #a29eb6
  4. #9d9baf
  5. #9997a8
  6. #9593a2
  7. #918f9b
  8. #8d8b94
  9. #88888d
  10. #848487
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.35:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.95:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a9a9a9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a9a8b4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a0aac4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a0a9c2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a5aaaf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a4a8c4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a4a8c2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a7a9b8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa6c3 {
  color: #aaa6c3;
}
Background
.bg-aaa6c3 {
  background-color: #aaa6c3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa6c3 {
  border: 2px solid #aaa6c3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa6c3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 166 195;
  --color-primary-hsl: 248 19% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa6c3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa6c3, #b8a6c3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa6c3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 166 195 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.21 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 6.73 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 7.68 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 8.21 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 10.43 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 10.83 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 10.85 #55593c Inverted #a9a9a9 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#aaa6c3  rgb(170, 166, 195)  hsl(248, 19%, 71%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#bfc3a6  rgb(191, 195, 166)  hsl(68, 19%, 71%)  Sage
#c3aaa6  rgb(195, 170, 166)  hsl(8, 19%, 71%)  Silver Pink
#a6c3aa  rgb(166, 195, 170)  hsl(128, 19%, 71%)  Opal