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#AAACE8

#aaace8 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#aaace8 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 90.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 26.72% cyan, 25.86% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 238.06°, with 57.41% saturation and 78.82% 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 9.78:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 5.54.

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Relative luminance0.4388

Complementary

  1. #aaace8
  2. #e8e6aa

Split complementary

  1. #aaace8
  2. #e8c7aa
  3. #cbe8aa

Analogous

  1. #aacbe8
  2. #aaace8
  3. #c7aae8

Triadic

  1. #aaace8
  2. #e8aaac
  3. #ace8aa

Tetradic

  1. #aaace8
  2. #e6aae8
  3. #e8e6aa
  4. #ace8aa

Square

  1. #aaace8
  2. #e8aacb
  3. #e8e6aa
  4. #aae8c7

Monochromatic

  1. #353ac4
  2. #6e71d8
  3. #aaace8
  4. #e6e7f8
  5. #efeffb

Shades

#aaace8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaace8
  2. #999bd1
  3. #888aba
  4. #7778a2
  5. #66678b
  6. #555674
  7. #44455d
  8. #333446
  9. #22222e
  10. #111117
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaace8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaace8
  2. #b3b4ea
  3. #bbbded
  4. #c4c5ef
  5. #cccdf1
  6. #d5d6f4
  7. #dddef6
  8. #e6e6f8
  9. #eeeefa
  10. #f7f7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaace8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaace8
  2. #a6a8de
  3. #a2a3d3
  4. #9d9fc9
  5. #999abe
  6. #9596b4
  7. #9192aa
  8. #8d8d9f
  9. #888995
  10. #84848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.15:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.78:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b1b1b1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aeafc9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9cb3eb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #99afe6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9bb7c1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a2b0ea ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a0aee7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a1b2d2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaace8 {
  color: #aaace8;
}
Background
.bg-aaace8 {
  background-color: #aaace8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaace8 {
  border: 2px solid #aaace8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaace8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 172 232;
  --color-primary-hsl: 238 57% 79%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaace8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaace8, #c7aae8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaace8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 172 232 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 5.54 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.47 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.07 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 11.11 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 11.90 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 12.15 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 13.69 #555317 Inverted #b1b1b1 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#aaace8  rgb(170, 172, 232)  hsl(238, 57%, 79%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#e8e6aa  rgb(232, 230, 170)  hsl(58, 57%, 79%)  Pale Goldenrod
#e8aaac  rgb(232, 170, 172)  hsl(358, 57%, 79%)  Pastel Pink
#ace8aa  rgb(172, 232, 170)  hsl(118, 57%, 79%)  Granny Smith Apple