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#AAA8FA

#aaa8fa ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#aaa8fa is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 65.88% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 32% cyan, 32.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 241.46°, with 89.13% saturation and 81.96% 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 9.69:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 8.01.

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Relative luminance0.4345

Complementary

  1. #aaa8fa
  2. #f8faa8

Split complementary

  1. #aaa8fa
  2. #fad3a8
  3. #cffaa8

Analogous

  1. #a8cffa
  2. #aaa8fa
  3. #d3a8fa

Triadic

  1. #aaa8fa
  2. #faaaa8
  3. #a8faaa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa8fa
  2. #faa8f8
  3. #f8faa8
  4. #a8faaa

Square

  1. #aaa8fa
  2. #faa8cf
  3. #f8faa8
  4. #a8fad3

Monochromatic

  1. #1d17f2
  2. #6360f6
  3. #aaa8fa
  4. #ececfe
  5. #ececfe

Shades

#aaa8fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa8fa
  2. #9997e1
  3. #8886c8
  4. #7776af
  5. #666596
  6. #55547d
  7. #444364
  8. #33324b
  9. #222232
  10. #111119
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa8fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa8fa
  2. #b3b1fb
  3. #bbb9fb
  4. #c4c2fc
  5. #cccbfc
  6. #d5d4fd
  7. #dddcfd
  8. #e6e5fe
  9. #eeeefe
  10. #f7f6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa8fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa8fa
  2. #a6a4ee
  3. #a2a0e2
  4. #9d9cd5
  5. #9998c9
  6. #9594bd
  7. #9190b1
  8. #8d8ca5
  9. #888898
  10. #84848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.17:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.69:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b0b0b0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aeadd2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #90b3fd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8daef8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #96b7c6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9baefc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #99abf9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9eb1dd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa8fa {
  color: #aaa8fa;
}
Background
.bg-aaa8fa {
  background-color: #aaa8fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa8fa {
  border: 2px solid #aaa8fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa8fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 168 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 241 89% 82%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa8fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa8fa, #d3a8fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa8fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 168 250 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.01 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.00 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 10.36 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 11.83 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 12.05 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 13.39 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 13.64 #555705 Inverted #b0b0b0 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#aaa8fa  rgb(170, 168, 250)  hsl(241, 89%, 82%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#f8faa8  rgb(248, 250, 168)  hsl(61, 89%, 82%)  Pastel Yellow
#faaaa8  rgb(250, 170, 168)  hsl(1, 89%, 82%)  Melon
#a8faaa  rgb(168, 250, 170)  hsl(121, 89%, 82%)  Pale Green