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#AAA9BB

#aaa9bb ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#aaa9bb is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 66.27% green and 73.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 9.09% cyan, 9.63% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 243.33°, with 11.69% saturation and 69.8% lightness in HSL. It is a neutral 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 9.1:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 6.91.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.4051

Complementary

  1. #aaa9bb
  2. #babba9

Split complementary

  1. #aaa9bb
  2. #bbb3a9
  3. #b1bba9

Analogous

  1. #a9b1bb
  2. #aaa9bb
  3. #b3a9bb

Triadic

  1. #aaa9bb
  2. #bbaaa9
  3. #a9bbaa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa9bb
  2. #bba9ba
  3. #babba9
  4. #a9bbaa

Square

  1. #aaa9bb
  2. #bba9b1
  3. #babba9
  4. #a9bbb3

Monochromatic

  1. #5b5a71
  2. #807e99
  3. #aaa9bb
  4. #d4d4dd
  5. #f4f4f6

Shades

#aaa9bb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa9bb
  2. #9998a8
  3. #888796
  4. #777683
  5. #666570
  6. #55555e
  7. #44444b
  8. #333338
  9. #222225
  10. #111113
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa9bb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa9bb
  2. #b3b2c2
  3. #bbbac9
  4. #c4c3cf
  5. #cccbd6
  6. #d5d4dd
  7. #dddde4
  8. #e6e5eb
  9. #eeeef1
  10. #f7f6f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa9bb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa9bb
  2. #a6a5b5
  3. #a2a1af
  4. #9d9da9
  5. #9999a3
  6. #95959e
  7. #919098
  8. #8d8c92
  9. #88888c
  10. #848486
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.31:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.1:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aaaab1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a5abbc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a5aaba ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a7acaf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a7aabc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a7aabb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a8abb4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa9bb {
  color: #aaa9bb;
}
Background
.bg-aaa9bb {
  background-color: #aaa9bb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa9bb {
  border: 2px solid #aaa9bb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa9bb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 169 187;
  --color-primary-hsl: 243 12% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa9bb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa9bb, #b3a9bb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa9bb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 169 187 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.91 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 8.05 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 8.34 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 8.34 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 8.70 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 8.70 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 10.37 #555644 Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#aaa9bb  rgb(170, 169, 187)  hsl(243, 12%, 70%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#babba9  rgb(186, 187, 169)  hsl(63, 12%, 70%)  Ash Gray
#bbaaa9  rgb(187, 170, 169)  hsl(3, 12%, 70%)  Silver Pink
#a9bbaa  rgb(169, 187, 170)  hsl(123, 12%, 70%)  Ash Gray