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#AAAEE0

#aaaee0 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#aaaee0 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 87.84% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 24.11% cyan, 22.32% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.16% black. Its hue angle is 235.56°, with 46.55% saturation and 77.25% 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 soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.84:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 4.22.

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Relative luminance0.442

Complementary

  1. #aaaee0
  2. #e0dcaa

Split complementary

  1. #aaaee0
  2. #e0c1aa
  3. #c9e0aa

Analogous

  1. #aac9e0
  2. #aaaee0
  3. #c1aae0

Triadic

  1. #aaaee0
  2. #e0aaae
  3. #aee0aa

Tetradic

  1. #aaaee0
  2. #dcaae0
  3. #e0dcaa
  4. #aee0aa

Square

  1. #aaaee0
  2. #e0aac9
  3. #e0dcaa
  4. #aae0c1

Monochromatic

  1. #4049b1
  2. #7279cc
  3. #aaaee0
  4. #e2e3f4
  5. #f0f1fa

Shades

#aaaee0 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaaee0
  2. #999dca
  3. #888bb3
  4. #777a9d
  5. #666886
  6. #555770
  7. #44465a
  8. #333443
  9. #22232d
  10. #111116
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaaee0 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaaee0
  2. #b3b6e3
  3. #bbbee6
  4. #c4c6e9
  5. #ccceec
  6. #d5d7f0
  7. #dddff3
  8. #e6e7f6
  9. #eeeff9
  10. #f7f7fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaaee0 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaaee0
  2. #a6a9d6
  3. #a2a5cd
  4. #9da0c3
  5. #999cba
  6. #9597b0
  7. #9192a6
  8. #8d8e9d
  9. #888993
  10. #84858a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.13:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.84:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b1b1b1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #afb0c6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a1b3e2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9eb0df ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9db7bf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a4b1e1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a3afdf ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a3b3cd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaaee0 {
  color: #aaaee0;
}
Background
.bg-aaaee0 {
  background-color: #aaaee0;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaaee0 {
  border: 2px solid #aaaee0;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaaee0;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 174 224;
  --color-primary-hsl: 236 47% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaaee0 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaaee0, #c1aae0);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaaee0 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 174 224 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 4.22 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.01 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.84 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 11.20 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 11.36 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 12.49 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 12.54 #55511f Inverted #b1b1b1 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#aaaee0  rgb(170, 174, 224)  hsl(236, 47%, 77%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#e0dcaa  rgb(224, 220, 170)  hsl(56, 47%, 77%)  Pale Goldenrod
#e0aaae  rgb(224, 170, 174)  hsl(356, 47%, 77%)  Pastel Pink
#aee0aa  rgb(174, 224, 170)  hsl(116, 47%, 77%)  Celadon