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#AAA8E4

#aaa8e4 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#aaa8e4 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 89.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.44% cyan, 26.32% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 242°, with 52.63% saturation and 77.65% 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 9.43:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 5.96.

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Relative luminance0.4215

Complementary

  1. #aaa8e4
  2. #e2e4a8

Split complementary

  1. #aaa8e4
  2. #e4c8a8
  3. #c4e4a8

Analogous

  1. #a8c4e4
  2. #aaa8e4
  3. #c8a8e4

Triadic

  1. #aaa8e4
  2. #e4aaa8
  3. #a8e4aa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa8e4
  2. #e4a8e2
  3. #e2e4a8
  4. #a8e4aa

Square

  1. #aaa8e4
  2. #e4a8c4
  3. #e2e4a8
  4. #a8e4c8

Monochromatic

  1. #3e3ab9
  2. #716ed2
  3. #aaa8e4
  4. #e3e2f6
  5. #f0effa

Shades

#aaa8e4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa8e4
  2. #9997cd
  3. #8886b6
  4. #7776a0
  5. #666589
  6. #555472
  7. #44435b
  8. #333244
  9. #22222e
  10. #111117
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa8e4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa8e4
  2. #b3b1e7
  3. #bbb9e9
  4. #c4c2ec
  5. #cccbef
  6. #d5d4f2
  7. #dddcf4
  8. #e6e5f7
  9. #eeeefa
  10. #f7f6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa8e4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa8e4
  2. #a6a4da
  3. #a2a0d0
  4. #9d9cc6
  5. #9998bc
  6. #9594b2
  7. #9190a8
  8. #8d8c9e
  9. #888894
  10. #84848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.23:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.43:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aeaeae ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #acabc6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #98afe7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #97ace2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9db2bd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a0ace6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9faae3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a2aece ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa8e4 {
  color: #aaa8e4;
}
Background
.bg-aaa8e4 {
  background-color: #aaa8e4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa8e4 {
  border: 2px solid #aaa8e4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa8e4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 168 228;
  --color-primary-hsl: 242 53% 78%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa8e4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa8e4, #c8a8e4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa8e4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 168 228 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 5.96 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 9.25 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 9.97 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 11.05 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 11.36 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 11.64 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 12.65 #55571b Inverted #aeaeae Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#aaa8e4  rgb(170, 168, 228)  hsl(242, 53%, 78%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#e2e4a8  rgb(226, 228, 168)  hsl(62, 53%, 78%)  Pale Goldenrod
#e4aaa8  rgb(228, 170, 168)  hsl(2, 53%, 78%)  Pastel Pink
#a8e4aa  rgb(168, 228, 170)  hsl(122, 53%, 78%)  Celadon