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#aaaeca ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#aaaeca 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 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 15.84% cyan, 13.86% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 232.5°, with 23.19% saturation and 72.94% 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 9.62:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 3.25.

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Relative luminance0.4308

Complementary

  1. #aaaeca
  2. #cac6aa

Split complementary

  1. #aaaeca
  2. #cab6aa
  3. #becaaa

Analogous

  1. #aabeca
  2. #aaaeca
  3. #b6aaca

Triadic

  1. #aaaeca
  2. #caaaae
  3. #aecaaa

Tetradic

  1. #aaaeca
  2. #c6aaca
  3. #cac6aa
  4. #aecaaa

Square

  1. #aaaeca
  2. #caaabe
  3. #cac6aa
  4. #aacab6

Monochromatic

  1. #545a87
  2. #7b81ad
  3. #aaaeca
  4. #d9dbe7
  5. #f2f3f7

Shades

#aaaeca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaaeca
  2. #999db6
  3. #888ba2
  4. #777a8d
  5. #666879
  6. #555765
  7. #444651
  8. #33343d
  9. #222328
  10. #111114
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaaeca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaaeca
  2. #b3b6cf
  3. #bbbed5
  4. #c4c6da
  5. #cccedf
  6. #d5d7e5
  7. #dddfea
  8. #e6e7ef
  9. #eeeff4
  10. #f7f7fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaaeca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaaeca
  2. #a6a9c3
  3. #a2a5bb
  4. #9da0b4
  5. #999cac
  6. #9597a5
  7. #91929e
  8. #8d8e96
  9. #88898f
  10. #848587
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.18:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.62:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #adafbb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a7b1cb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a5aec9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a3b3b7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a8b0cb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a7aeca ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a6b1bf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaaeca {
  color: #aaaeca;
}
Background
.bg-aaaeca {
  background-color: #aaaeca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaaeca {
  border: 2px solid #aaaeca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaaeca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 174 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 233 23% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaaeca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaaeca, #b6aaca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaaeca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 174 202 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 3.25 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 8.63 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 8.75 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 10.31 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 10.40 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 10.66 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 10.91 #555135 Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#aaaeca  rgb(170, 174, 202)  hsl(233, 23%, 73%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#cac6aa  rgb(202, 198, 170)  hsl(53, 23%, 73%)  Sage
#caaaae  rgb(202, 170, 174)  hsl(353, 23%, 73%)  Silver Pink
#aecaaa  rgb(174, 202, 170)  hsl(113, 23%, 73%)  Dark Sea Green