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#AAAABE

#aaaabe ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#aaaabe is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 66.67% green and 74.51% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 10.53% cyan, 10.53% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.49% black. Its hue angle is 240°, with 13.33% saturation and 70.59% 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 9.2:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 6.09.

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Relative luminance0.4101

Complementary

  1. #aaaabe
  2. #bebeaa

Split complementary

  1. #aaaabe
  2. #beb4aa
  3. #b4beaa

Analogous

  1. #aab4be
  2. #aaaabe
  3. #b4aabe

Triadic

  1. #aaaabe
  2. #beaaaa
  3. #aabeaa

Tetradic

  1. #aaaabe
  2. #beaabe
  3. #bebeaa
  4. #aabeaa

Square

  1. #aaaabe
  2. #beaab4
  3. #bebeaa
  4. #aabeb4

Monochromatic

  1. #5a5a75
  2. #7f7f9d
  3. #aaaabe
  4. #d5d5df
  5. #f3f3f6

Shades

#aaaabe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaaabe
  2. #9999ab
  3. #888898
  4. #777785
  5. #666672
  6. #55555f
  7. #44444c
  8. #333339
  9. #222226
  10. #111113
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaaabe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaaabe
  2. #b3b3c5
  3. #bbbbcb
  4. #c4c4d2
  5. #ccccd8
  6. #d5d5df
  7. #dddde5
  8. #e6e6ec
  9. #eeeef2
  10. #f7f7f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaaabe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaaabe
  2. #a6a6b8
  3. #a2a2b2
  4. #9d9dab
  5. #9999a5
  6. #95959f
  7. #919199
  8. #8d8d93
  9. #88888c
  10. #848486
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.28:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.2:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #acacac ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ababb3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a6acbf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a5abbd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a6adb0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a7abbf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a7abbe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a8acb6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaaabe {
  color: #aaaabe;
}
Background
.bg-aaaabe {
  background-color: #aaaabe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaaabe {
  border: 2px solid #aaaabe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaaabe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 170 190;
  --color-primary-hsl: 240 13% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaaabe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaaabe, #b4aabe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaaabe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 170 190 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.09 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 8.25 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 8.57 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 8.63 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 9.36 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 9.36 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.21 #555541 Inverted #acacac Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#aaaabe  rgb(170, 170, 190)  hsl(240, 13%, 71%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#bebeaa  rgb(190, 190, 170)  hsl(60, 13%, 71%)  Ash Gray
#beaaaa  rgb(190, 170, 170)  hsl(0, 13%, 71%)  Silver Pink
#aabeaa  rgb(170, 190, 170)  hsl(120, 13%, 71%)  Ash Gray