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#AAABFF

#aaabff ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#aaabff 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, 67.06% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 33.33% cyan, 32.94% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 239.29°, with 100% saturation and 83.33% 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 9.98:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 8.23.

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Relative luminance0.4489

Complementary

  1. #aaabff
  2. #fffeaa

Split complementary

  1. #aaabff
  2. #ffd3aa
  3. #d5ffaa

Analogous

  1. #aad5ff
  2. #aaabff
  3. #d3aaff

Triadic

  1. #aaabff
  2. #ffaaab
  3. #abffaa

Tetradic

  1. #aaabff
  2. #feaaff
  3. #fffeaa
  4. #abffaa

Square

  1. #aaabff
  2. #ffaad5
  3. #fffeaa
  4. #aaffd3

Monochromatic

  1. #1114ff
  2. #5d5fff
  3. #aaabff
  4. #ebebff
  5. #ebebff

Shades

#aaabff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaabff
  2. #999ae6
  3. #8889cc
  4. #7778b3
  5. #666799
  6. #555680
  7. #444466
  8. #33334d
  9. #222233
  10. #11111a
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaabff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaabff
  2. #b3b3ff
  3. #bbbcff
  4. #c4c4ff
  5. #cccdff
  6. #d5d5ff
  7. #ddddff
  8. #e6e6ff
  9. #eeeeff
  10. #f7f7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaabff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaabff
  2. #a6a7f2
  3. #a2a2e6
  4. #9d9ed9
  5. #999acc
  6. #9596c0
  7. #9191b3
  8. #8d8da6
  9. #888999
  10. #84848d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.1:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.98:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b3b3b3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #afb0d6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #91b6ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8eb0fd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #94bbca ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9cb1ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9aaefe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9db5e1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaabff {
  color: #aaabff;
}
Background
.bg-aaabff {
  background-color: #aaabff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaabff {
  border: 2px solid #aaabff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaabff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 171 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 239 100% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaabff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaabff, #d3aaff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaabff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 171 255 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.23 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.50 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 10.12 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 12.37 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 12.97 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 13.01 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 13.15 #555400 Inverted #b3b3b3 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#aaabff  rgb(170, 171, 255)  hsl(239, 100%, 83%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#fffeaa  rgb(255, 254, 170)  hsl(59, 100%, 83%)  Pastel Yellow
#ffaaab  rgb(255, 170, 171)  hsl(359, 100%, 83%)  Light Pink
#abffaa  rgb(171, 255, 170)  hsl(119, 100%, 83%)  Pale Green