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#AAA8BC

#aaa8bc ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#aaa8bc is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 65.88% green and 73.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 9.57% cyan, 10.64% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 246°, with 12.99% saturation and 69.8% 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 9.04:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 6.76.

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Relative luminance0.4018

Complementary

  1. #aaa8bc
  2. #babca8

Split complementary

  1. #aaa8bc
  2. #bcb4a8
  3. #b0bca8

Analogous

  1. #a8b0bc
  2. #aaa8bc
  3. #b4a8bc

Triadic

  1. #aaa8bc
  2. #bcaaa8
  3. #a8bcaa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa8bc
  2. #bca8ba
  3. #babca8
  4. #a8bcaa

Square

  1. #aaa8bc
  2. #bca8b0
  3. #babca8
  4. #a8bcb4

Monochromatic

  1. #5b5873
  2. #807d9b
  3. #aaa8bc
  4. #d4d3dd
  5. #f4f3f6

Shades

#aaa8bc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa8bc
  2. #9997a9
  3. #888696
  4. #777684
  5. #666571
  6. #55545e
  7. #44434b
  8. #333238
  9. #222226
  10. #111113
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa8bc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa8bc
  2. #b3b1c3
  3. #bbb9c9
  4. #c4c2d0
  5. #cccbd7
  6. #d5d4de
  7. #dddce4
  8. #e6e5eb
  9. #eeeef2
  10. #f7f6f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa8bc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa8bc
  2. #a6a4b6
  3. #a2a0b0
  4. #9d9caa
  5. #9998a4
  6. #95949e
  7. #919098
  8. #8d8c92
  9. #88888c
  10. #848486
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.32:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.04:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aaaaaa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aaa9b1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a4aabd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a4aabb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a7abae ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a6a9bd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a6a9bc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a8aab4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa8bc {
  color: #aaa8bc;
}
Background
.bg-aaa8bc {
  background-color: #aaa8bc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa8bc {
  border: 2px solid #aaa8bc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa8bc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 168 188;
  --color-primary-hsl: 246 13% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa8bc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa8bc, #b4a8bc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa8bc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 168 188 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.76 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 7.55 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 7.62 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 8.14 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 9.56 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 9.56 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 10.32 #555743 Inverted #aaaaaa Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#aaa8bc  rgb(170, 168, 188)  hsl(246, 13%, 70%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#babca8  rgb(186, 188, 168)  hsl(66, 13%, 70%)  Ash Gray
#bcaaa8  rgb(188, 170, 168)  hsl(6, 13%, 70%)  Silver Pink
#a8bcaa  rgb(168, 188, 170)  hsl(126, 13%, 70%)  Ash Gray