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#aaaecd ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#aaaecd 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 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 17.07% cyan, 15.12% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 233.14°, with 25.93% saturation and 73.53% 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 9.65:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 2.89.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.4323

Complementary

  1. #aaaecd
  2. #cdc9aa

Split complementary

  1. #aaaecd
  2. #cdb7aa
  3. #c0cdaa

Analogous

  1. #aac0cd
  2. #aaaecd
  3. #b7aacd

Triadic

  1. #aaaecd
  2. #cdaaae
  3. #aecdaa

Tetradic

  1. #aaaecd
  2. #c9aacd
  3. #cdc9aa
  4. #aecdaa

Square

  1. #aaaecd
  2. #cdaac0
  3. #cdc9aa
  4. #aacdb7

Monochromatic

  1. #52598c
  2. #7a80b1
  3. #aaaecd
  4. #dadce9
  5. #f2f3f7

Shades

#aaaecd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaaecd
  2. #999db9
  3. #888ba4
  4. #777a90
  5. #66687b
  6. #555767
  7. #444652
  8. #33343e
  9. #222329
  10. #111115
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaaecd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaaecd
  2. #b3b6d2
  3. #bbbed7
  4. #c4c6dc
  5. #cccee1
  6. #d5d7e6
  7. #dddfeb
  8. #e6e7f0
  9. #eeeff5
  10. #f7f7fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaaecd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaaecd
  2. #a6a9c5
  3. #a2a5be
  4. #9da0b6
  5. #999cae
  6. #9597a7
  7. #91929f
  8. #8d8e97
  9. #88898f
  10. #848588
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.18:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.65:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b0b0b0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #adafbc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a6b1ce ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a4afcc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a2b3b8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a8b0ce ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a7aecc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a5b1c1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaaecd {
  color: #aaaecd;
}
Background
.bg-aaaecd {
  background-color: #aaaecd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaaecd {
  border: 2px solid #aaaecd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaaecd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 174 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 233 26% 74%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaaecd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaaecd, #b7aacd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaaecd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 174 205 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 2.89 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 8.91 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 8.94 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 9.80 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 10.37 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 10.86 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 11.18 #555132 Inverted #b0b0b0 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#aaaecd  rgb(170, 174, 205)  hsl(233, 26%, 74%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#cdc9aa  rgb(205, 201, 170)  hsl(53, 26%, 74%)  Sage
#cdaaae  rgb(205, 170, 174)  hsl(353, 26%, 74%)  Silver Pink
#aecdaa  rgb(174, 205, 170)  hsl(113, 26%, 74%)  Celadon