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#AAAADE

#aaaade ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#aaaade 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 87.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 23.42% cyan, 23.42% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 240°, with 44.07% saturation and 76.86% 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 9.51:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 5.03.

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Relative luminance0.4257

Complementary

  1. #aaaade
  2. #dedeaa

Split complementary

  1. #aaaade
  2. #dec4aa
  3. #c4deaa

Analogous

  1. #aac4de
  2. #aaaade
  3. #c4aade

Triadic

  1. #aaaade
  2. #deaaaa
  3. #aadeaa

Tetradic

  1. #aaaade
  2. #deaade
  3. #dedeaa
  4. #aadeaa

Square

  1. #aaaade
  2. #deaac4
  3. #dedeaa
  4. #aadec4

Monochromatic

  1. #4343ac
  2. #7373c9
  3. #aaaade
  4. #e1e1f3
  5. #f0f0f9

Shades

#aaaade mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaaade
  2. #9999c8
  3. #8888b2
  4. #77779b
  5. #666685
  6. #55556f
  7. #444459
  8. #333343
  9. #22222c
  10. #111116
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaaade mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaaade
  2. #b3b3e1
  3. #bbbbe5
  4. #c4c4e8
  5. #cccceb
  6. #d5d5ef
  7. #ddddf2
  8. #e6e6f5
  9. #eeeef8
  10. #f7f7fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaaade mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaaade
  2. #a6a6d5
  3. #a2a2cb
  4. #9d9dc2
  5. #9999b8
  6. #9595af
  7. #9191a6
  8. #8d8d9c
  9. #888893
  10. #848489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.21:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.51:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aeaeae ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #adadc3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9cb0e0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9baddd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9eb3bc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a2aedf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a1acdd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a3afca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaaade {
  color: #aaaade;
}
Background
.bg-aaaade {
  background-color: #aaaade;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaaade {
  border: 2px solid #aaaade;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaaade;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 170 222;
  --color-primary-hsl: 240 44% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaaade {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaaade, #c4aade);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaaade {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 170 222 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 5.03 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.78 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 10.19 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 10.93 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.96 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 11.81 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 11.86 #555521 Inverted #aeaeae Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#aaaade  rgb(170, 170, 222)  hsl(240, 44%, 77%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#dedeaa  rgb(222, 222, 170)  hsl(60, 44%, 77%)  Pale Goldenrod
#deaaaa  rgb(222, 170, 170)  hsl(0, 44%, 77%)  Pastel Pink
#aadeaa  rgb(170, 222, 170)  hsl(120, 44%, 77%)  Celadon