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#AAA6EA

#aaa6ea ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#aaa6ea is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 65.1% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 27.35% cyan, 29.06% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 243.53°, with 61.82% saturation and 78.43% 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 9.35:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 6.82.

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Relative luminance0.4176

Complementary

  1. #aaa6ea
  2. #e6eaa6

Split complementary

  1. #aaa6ea
  2. #eacca6
  3. #c4eaa6

Analogous

  1. #a6c4ea
  2. #aaa6ea
  3. #cca6ea

Triadic

  1. #aaa6ea
  2. #eaaaa6
  3. #a6eaaa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa6ea
  2. #eaa6e6
  3. #e6eaa6
  4. #a6eaaa

Square

  1. #aaa6ea
  2. #eaa6c4
  3. #e6eaa6
  4. #a6eacc

Monochromatic

  1. #382fc8
  2. #6f68db
  3. #aaa6ea
  4. #e5e4f9
  5. #efeefb

Shades

#aaa6ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa6ea
  2. #9995d3
  3. #8885bb
  4. #7774a4
  5. #66648c
  6. #555375
  7. #44425e
  8. #333246
  9. #22212f
  10. #111117
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa6ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa6ea
  2. #b3afec
  3. #bbb8ee
  4. #c4c1f0
  5. #cccaf2
  6. #d5d3f5
  7. #dddbf7
  8. #e6e4f9
  9. #eeedfb
  10. #f7f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa6ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa6ea
  2. #a6a2df
  3. #a29ed5
  4. #9d9bca
  5. #9997c0
  6. #9593b5
  7. #918faa
  8. #8d8ba0
  9. #888895
  10. #84848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.25:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.35:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #adadad ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #acaac8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #94afed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #92abe8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9bb2be ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9dabec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9ca9e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a1add1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa6ea {
  color: #aaa6ea;
}
Background
.bg-aaa6ea {
  background-color: #aaa6ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa6ea {
  border: 2px solid #aaa6ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa6ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 166 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 244 62% 78%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa6ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa6ea, #cca6ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa6ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 166 234 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.82 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 9.91 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 10.10 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 11.00 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 11.12 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 12.29 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 12.96 #555915 Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#aaa6ea  rgb(170, 166, 234)  hsl(244, 62%, 78%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#e6eaa6  rgb(230, 234, 166)  hsl(64, 62%, 78%)  Pale Goldenrod
#eaaaa6  rgb(234, 170, 166)  hsl(4, 62%, 78%)  Pastel Pink
#a6eaaa  rgb(166, 234, 170)  hsl(124, 62%, 78%)  Granny Smith Apple