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#aaaafa ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#aaaafa is a color from the blue family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 66.67% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 32% cyan, 32% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 240°, with 88.89% saturation and 82.35% 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 9.84:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 7.77.

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Relative luminance0.442

Complementary

  1. #aaaafa
  2. #fafaaa

Split complementary

  1. #aaaafa
  2. #fad2aa
  3. #d2faaa

Analogous

  1. #aad2fa
  2. #aaaafa
  3. #d2aafa

Triadic

  1. #aaaafa
  2. #faaaaa
  3. #aafaaa

Tetradic

  1. #aaaafa
  2. #faaafa
  3. #fafaaa
  4. #aafaaa

Square

  1. #aaaafa
  2. #faaad2
  3. #fafaaa
  4. #aafad2

Monochromatic

  1. #1919f2
  2. #6262f6
  3. #aaaafa
  4. #ececfe
  5. #ececfe

Shades

#aaaafa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaaafa
  2. #9999e1
  3. #8888c8
  4. #7777af
  5. #666696
  6. #55557d
  7. #444464
  8. #33334b
  9. #222232
  10. #111119
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaaafa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaaafa
  2. #b3b3fb
  3. #bbbbfb
  4. #c4c4fc
  5. #ccccfc
  6. #d5d5fd
  7. #ddddfd
  8. #e6e6fe
  9. #eeeefe
  10. #f7f7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaaafa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaaafa
  2. #a6a6ee
  3. #a2a2e2
  4. #9d9dd5
  5. #9999c9
  6. #9595bd
  7. #9191b1
  8. #8d8da5
  9. #888898
  10. #84848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.13:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.84:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b1b1b1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #afafd2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #92b4fd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8faff8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #96b9c7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9cb0fc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9badf9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9eb3dd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaaafa {
  color: #aaaafa;
}
Background
.bg-aaaafa {
  background-color: #aaaafa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaaafa {
  border: 2px solid #aaaafa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaaafa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 170 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 240 89% 82%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaaafa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaaafa, #d2aafa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaaafa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 170 250 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.77 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.70 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 9.94 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 12.02 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 12.32 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 13.34 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 13.46 #555505 Inverted #b1b1b1 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#aaaafa  rgb(170, 170, 250)  hsl(240, 89%, 82%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#fafaaa  rgb(250, 250, 170)  hsl(60, 89%, 82%)  Pastel Yellow
#faaaaa  rgb(250, 170, 170)  hsl(0, 89%, 82%)  Light Pink
#aafaaa  rgb(170, 250, 170)  hsl(120, 89%, 82%)  Pale Green