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#AAAEC9

#aaaec9 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#aaaec9 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 78.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 15.42% cyan, 13.43% magenta, 0% yellow and 21.18% black. Its hue angle is 232.26°, with 22.3% saturation and 72.75% 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 9.61:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 3.42.

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Relative luminance0.4304

Complementary

  1. #aaaec9
  2. #c9c5aa

Split complementary

  1. #aaaec9
  2. #c9b6aa
  3. #bec9aa

Analogous

  1. #aabec9
  2. #aaaec9
  3. #b6aac9

Triadic

  1. #aaaec9
  2. #c9aaae
  3. #aec9aa

Tetradic

  1. #aaaec9
  2. #c5aac9
  3. #c9c5aa
  4. #aec9aa

Square

  1. #aaaec9
  2. #c9aabe
  3. #c9c5aa
  4. #aac9b6

Monochromatic

  1. #555b85
  2. #7b81ab
  3. #aaaec9
  4. #d9dbe7
  5. #f3f3f7

Shades

#aaaec9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaaec9
  2. #999db5
  3. #888ba1
  4. #777a8d
  5. #666879
  6. #555765
  7. #444650
  8. #33343c
  9. #222328
  10. #111114
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaaec9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaaec9
  2. #b3b6ce
  3. #bbbed4
  4. #c4c6d9
  5. #cccedf
  6. #d5d7e4
  7. #dddfe9
  8. #e6e7ef
  9. #eeeff4
  10. #f7f7fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaaec9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaaec9
  2. #a6a9c2
  3. #a2a5ba
  4. #9da0b3
  5. #999cac
  6. #9597a5
  7. #91929d
  8. #8d8e96
  9. #88898f
  10. #848587
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.19:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.61:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #adafba ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a7b0ca ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a5aec8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a3b3b7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a8afca ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a7aec9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a6b1be ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaaec9 {
  color: #aaaec9;
}
Background
.bg-aaaec9 {
  background-color: #aaaec9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaaec9 {
  border: 2px solid #aaaec9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaaec9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 174 201;
  --color-primary-hsl: 232 22% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaaec9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaaec9, #b6aac9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaaec9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 174 201 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 3.42 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 8.54 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 8.71 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 10.32 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 10.62 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 10.62 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 10.84 #555136 Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#aaaec9  rgb(170, 174, 201)  hsl(232, 22%, 73%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#c9c5aa  rgb(201, 197, 170)  hsl(52, 22%, 73%)  Sage
#c9aaae  rgb(201, 170, 174)  hsl(352, 22%, 73%)  Silver Pink
#aec9aa  rgb(174, 201, 170)  hsl(112, 22%, 73%)  Dark Sea Green