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#AAAECF

#aaaecf ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#aaaecf 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 81.18% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 17.87% cyan, 15.94% magenta, 0% yellow and 18.82% black. Its hue angle is 233.51°, with 27.82% saturation and 73.92% 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 9.66:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 2.78.

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Relative luminance0.4332

Complementary

  1. #aaaecf
  2. #cfcbaa

Split complementary

  1. #aaaecf
  2. #cfb8aa
  3. #c0cfaa

Analogous

  1. #aac0cf
  2. #aaaecf
  3. #b8aacf

Triadic

  1. #aaaecf
  2. #cfaaae
  3. #aecfaa

Tetradic

  1. #aaaecf
  2. #cbaacf
  3. #cfcbaa
  4. #aecfaa

Square

  1. #aaaecf
  2. #cfaac0
  3. #cfcbaa
  4. #aacfb8

Monochromatic

  1. #51588f
  2. #797fb3
  3. #aaaecf
  4. #dbddeb
  5. #f2f3f8

Shades

#aaaecf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaaecf
  2. #999dba
  3. #888ba6
  4. #777a91
  5. #66687c
  6. #555768
  7. #444653
  8. #33343e
  9. #222329
  10. #111115
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaaecf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaaecf
  2. #b3b6d4
  3. #bbbed9
  4. #c4c6dd
  5. #cccee2
  6. #d5d7e7
  7. #dddfec
  8. #e6e7f1
  9. #eeeff5
  10. #f7f7fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaaecf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaaecf
  2. #a6a9c7
  3. #a2a5bf
  4. #9da0b7
  5. #999caf
  6. #9597a8
  7. #9192a0
  8. #8d8e98
  9. #888990
  10. #848588
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.17:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.66:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b0b0b0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aeafbd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a6b1d1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a4afce ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a2b4b9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a7b0d0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a6aece ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a5b1c2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaaecf {
  color: #aaaecf;
}
Background
.bg-aaaecf {
  background-color: #aaaecf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaaecf {
  border: 2px solid #aaaecf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaaecf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 174 207;
  --color-primary-hsl: 234 28% 74%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaaecf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaaecf, #b8aacf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaaecf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 174 207 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 2.78 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.09 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 9.11 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 9.45 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 10.47 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 11.04 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 11.40 #555130 Inverted #b0b0b0 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#aaaecf  rgb(170, 174, 207)  hsl(234, 28%, 74%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#cfcbaa  rgb(207, 203, 170)  hsl(54, 28%, 74%)  Sage
#cfaaae  rgb(207, 170, 174)  hsl(354, 28%, 74%)  Pastel Pink
#aecfaa  rgb(174, 207, 170)  hsl(114, 28%, 74%)  Celadon