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#AAACBE

#aaacbe ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#aaacbe is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 67.45% green and 74.51% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 10.53% cyan, 9.47% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.49% black. Its hue angle is 234°, 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 9.35:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 6.14.

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Relative luminance0.4177

Complementary

  1. #aaacbe
  2. #bebcaa

Split complementary

  1. #aaacbe
  2. #beb2aa
  3. #b6beaa

Analogous

  1. #aab6be
  2. #aaacbe
  3. #b2aabe

Triadic

  1. #aaacbe
  2. #beaaac
  3. #acbeaa

Tetradic

  1. #aaacbe
  2. #bcaabe
  3. #bebcaa
  4. #acbeaa

Square

  1. #aaacbe
  2. #beaab6
  3. #bebcaa
  4. #aabeb2

Monochromatic

  1. #5a5c75
  2. #7f829d
  3. #aaacbe
  4. #d5d6df
  5. #f3f4f6

Shades

#aaacbe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaacbe
  2. #999bab
  3. #888a98
  4. #777885
  5. #666772
  6. #55565f
  7. #44454c
  8. #333439
  9. #222226
  10. #111113
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaacbe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaacbe
  2. #b3b4c5
  3. #bbbdcb
  4. #c4c5d2
  5. #cccdd8
  6. #d5d6df
  7. #dddee5
  8. #e6e6ec
  9. #eeeef2
  10. #f7f7f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaacbe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaacbe
  2. #a6a8b8
  3. #a2a3b2
  4. #9d9fab
  5. #999aa5
  6. #95969f
  7. #919299
  8. #8d8d93
  9. #88898c
  10. #848486
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.25:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.35:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #adadad ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #acadb4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a8aebf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a7acbd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a6afb2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a9adbf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a8acbe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a8aeb7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaacbe {
  color: #aaacbe;
}
Background
.bg-aaacbe {
  background-color: #aaacbe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaacbe {
  border: 2px solid #aaacbe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaacbe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 172 190;
  --color-primary-hsl: 234 13% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaacbe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaacbe, #b2aabe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaacbe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 172 190 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.14 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 8.48 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 8.48 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 8.66 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.12 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 9.66 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 9.85 #555341 Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#aaacbe  rgb(170, 172, 190)  hsl(234, 13%, 71%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#bebcaa  rgb(190, 188, 170)  hsl(54, 13%, 71%)  Ash Gray
#beaaac  rgb(190, 170, 172)  hsl(354, 13%, 71%)  Silver Pink
#acbeaa  rgb(172, 190, 170)  hsl(114, 13%, 71%)  Ash Gray