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#AAAEC2

#aaaec2 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#aaaec2 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 68.24% green and 76.08% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 12.37% cyan, 10.31% magenta, 0% yellow and 23.92% black. Its hue angle is 230°, with 16.44% saturation and 71.37% 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 9.54:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 5.19.

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Relative luminance0.4271

Complementary

  1. #aaaec2
  2. #c2beaa

Split complementary

  1. #aaaec2
  2. #c2b2aa
  3. #bac2aa

Analogous

  1. #aabac2
  2. #aaaec2
  3. #b2aac2

Triadic

  1. #aaaec2
  2. #c2aaae
  3. #aec2aa

Tetradic

  1. #aaaec2
  2. #beaac2
  3. #c2beaa
  4. #aec2aa

Square

  1. #aaaec2
  2. #c2aaba
  3. #c2beaa
  4. #aac2b2

Monochromatic

  1. #585e7b
  2. #7d84a2
  3. #aaaec2
  4. #d7d8e2
  5. #f3f4f6

Shades

#aaaec2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaaec2
  2. #999daf
  3. #888b9b
  4. #777a88
  5. #666874
  6. #555761
  7. #44464e
  8. #33343a
  9. #222327
  10. #111113
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaaec2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaaec2
  2. #b3b6c8
  3. #bbbece
  4. #c4c6d4
  5. #ccceda
  6. #d5d7e1
  7. #dddfe7
  8. #e6e7ed
  9. #eeeff3
  10. #f7f7f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaaec2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaaec2
  2. #a6a9bb
  3. #a2a5b5
  4. #9da0ae
  5. #999ca8
  6. #9597a1
  7. #91929a
  8. #8d8e94
  9. #88898d
  10. #848587
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.54:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #adaeb7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a9b0c3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a7aec1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a5b1b4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a9afc3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a9aec2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a7b0ba ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaaec2 {
  color: #aaaec2;
}
Background
.bg-aaaec2 {
  background-color: #aaaec2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaaec2 {
  border: 2px solid #aaaec2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaaec2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 174 194;
  --color-primary-hsl: 230 16% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaaec2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaaec2, #b2aac2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaaec2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 174 194 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 5.19 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 8.09 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 8.84 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 9.19 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 9.19 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 10.17 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 10.64 #55513d Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#aaaec2  rgb(170, 174, 194)  hsl(230, 16%, 71%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#c2beaa  rgb(194, 190, 170)  hsl(50, 16%, 71%)  Bone
#c2aaae  rgb(194, 170, 174)  hsl(350, 16%, 71%)  Silver Pink
#aec2aa  rgb(174, 194, 170)  hsl(110, 16%, 71%)  Ash Gray