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#AAAEBB

#aaaebb ≈ Dark Gray

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#aaaebb is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 68.24% green and 73.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 9.09% cyan, 6.95% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 225.88°, with 11.11% saturation and 70% lightness in HSL. It is a neutral 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 9.48:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 6.46.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.4241

Complementary

  1. #aaaebb
  2. #bbb7aa

Split complementary

  1. #aaaebb
  2. #bbaeaa
  3. #b7bbaa

Analogous

  1. #aab7bb
  2. #aaaebb
  3. #aeaabb

Triadic

  1. #aaaebb
  2. #bbaaae
  3. #aebbaa

Tetradic

  1. #aaaebb
  2. #b7aabb
  3. #bbb7aa
  4. #aebbaa

Square

  1. #aaaebb
  2. #bbaab7
  3. #bbb7aa
  4. #aabbae

Monochromatic

  1. #5b6071
  2. #808699
  3. #aaaebb
  4. #d5d7dd
  5. #f4f4f6

Shades

#aaaebb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaaebb
  2. #999da8
  3. #888b96
  4. #777a83
  5. #666870
  6. #55575e
  7. #44464b
  8. #333438
  9. #222325
  10. #111113
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaaebb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaaebb
  2. #b3b6c2
  3. #bbbec9
  4. #c4c6cf
  5. #ccced6
  6. #d5d7dd
  7. #dddfe4
  8. #e6e7eb
  9. #eeeff1
  10. #f7f7f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaaebb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaaebb
  2. #a6a9b5
  3. #a2a5af
  4. #9da0a9
  5. #999ca3
  6. #95979e
  7. #919298
  8. #8d8e92
  9. #88898c
  10. #848586
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.21:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.48:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aeaeae ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #adaeb3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #abafbc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a9aebb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a6b0b2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aaafbb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aaaebb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a8afb6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaaebb {
  color: #aaaebb;
}
Background
.bg-aaaebb {
  background-color: #aaaebb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaaebb {
  border: 2px solid #aaaebb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaaebb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 174 187;
  --color-primary-hsl: 226 11% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaaebb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaaebb, #aeaabb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaaebb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 174 187 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 6.46 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 6.46 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.70 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 7.92 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 8.39 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 9.87 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 10.48 #555144 Inverted #aeaeae Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#aaaebb  rgb(170, 174, 187)  hsl(226, 11%, 70%)  Dark Gray
#bbb7aa  rgb(187, 183, 170)  hsl(46, 11%, 70%)  Silver
#bbaaae  rgb(187, 170, 174)  hsl(346, 11%, 70%)  Silver Pink
#aebbaa  rgb(174, 187, 170)  hsl(106, 11%, 70%)  Ash Gray