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#AAADEA

#aaadea ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#aaadea is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 67.84% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 27.35% cyan, 26.07% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 237.19°, with 60.38% saturation and 79.22% 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 9.87:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 5.6.

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Relative luminance0.4437

Complementary

  1. #aaadea
  2. #eae7aa

Split complementary

  1. #aaadea
  2. #eac7aa
  3. #cdeaaa

Analogous

  1. #aacdea
  2. #aaadea
  3. #c7aaea

Triadic

  1. #aaadea
  2. #eaaaad
  3. #adeaaa

Tetradic

  1. #aaadea
  2. #e7aaea
  3. #eae7aa
  4. #adeaaa

Square

  1. #aaadea
  2. #eaaacd
  3. #eae7aa
  4. #aaeac7

Monochromatic

  1. #3239c9
  2. #6d72db
  3. #aaadea
  4. #e7e8f9
  5. #efeffb

Shades

#aaadea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaadea
  2. #999cd3
  3. #888abb
  4. #7779a4
  5. #66688c
  6. #555775
  7. #44455e
  8. #333446
  9. #22232f
  10. #111117
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaadea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaadea
  2. #b3b5ec
  3. #bbbdee
  4. #c4c6f0
  5. #cccef2
  6. #d5d6f5
  7. #dddef7
  8. #e6e6f9
  9. #eeeffb
  10. #f7f7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaadea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaadea
  2. #a6a9df
  3. #a2a4d5
  4. #9da0ca
  5. #999bc0
  6. #9597b5
  7. #9192aa
  8. #8d8ea0
  9. #888995
  10. #84858b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.13:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.87:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b2b2b2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #afb0cb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9cb4ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #99b0e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9bb8c2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a2b1ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a0afe9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a1b4d3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaadea {
  color: #aaadea;
}
Background
.bg-aaadea {
  background-color: #aaadea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaadea {
  border: 2px solid #aaadea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaadea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 173 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 237 60% 79%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaadea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaadea, #c7aaea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaadea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 173 234 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 5.60 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.35 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.80 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 11.46 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 12.06 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 12.42 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 13.95 #555215 Inverted #b2b2b2 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#aaadea  rgb(170, 173, 234)  hsl(237, 60%, 79%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#eae7aa  rgb(234, 231, 170)  hsl(57, 60%, 79%)  Pale Goldenrod
#eaaaad  rgb(234, 170, 173)  hsl(357, 60%, 79%)  Pastel Pink
#adeaaa  rgb(173, 234, 170)  hsl(117, 60%, 79%)  Granny Smith Apple