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#AAAEE8

#aaaee8 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#aaaee8 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 90.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 26.72% cyan, 25% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 236.13°, with 57.41% saturation and 78.82% 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 9.93:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 5.21.

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Relative luminance0.4464

Complementary

  1. #aaaee8
  2. #e8e4aa

Split complementary

  1. #aaaee8
  2. #e8c5aa
  3. #cde8aa

Analogous

  1. #aacde8
  2. #aaaee8
  3. #c5aae8

Triadic

  1. #aaaee8
  2. #e8aaae
  3. #aee8aa

Tetradic

  1. #aaaee8
  2. #e4aae8
  3. #e8e4aa
  4. #aee8aa

Square

  1. #aaaee8
  2. #e8aacd
  3. #e8e4aa
  4. #aae8c5

Monochromatic

  1. #353ec4
  2. #6e75d8
  3. #aaaee8
  4. #e6e7f8
  5. #eff0fb

Shades

#aaaee8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaaee8
  2. #999dd1
  3. #888bba
  4. #777aa2
  5. #66688b
  6. #555774
  7. #44465d
  8. #333446
  9. #22232e
  10. #111117
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaaee8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaaee8
  2. #b3b6ea
  3. #bbbeed
  4. #c4c6ef
  5. #cccef1
  6. #d5d7f4
  7. #dddff6
  8. #e6e7f8
  9. #eeeffa
  10. #f7f7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaaee8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaaee8
  2. #a6a9de
  3. #a2a5d3
  4. #9da0c9
  5. #999cbe
  6. #9597b4
  7. #9192aa
  8. #8d8e9f
  9. #888995
  10. #84858a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.12:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.93:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b2b2b2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #afb1ca ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9eb4eb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9bb0e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9bb8c2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a3b2ea ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a1afe7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a1b4d2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaaee8 {
  color: #aaaee8;
}
Background
.bg-aaaee8 {
  background-color: #aaaee8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaaee8 {
  border: 2px solid #aaaee8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaaee8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 174 232;
  --color-primary-hsl: 236 57% 79%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaaee8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaaee8, #c5aae8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaaee8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 174 232 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 5.21 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.08 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.68 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 11.59 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 12.21 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 12.25 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 13.93 #555117 Inverted #b2b2b2 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#aaaee8  rgb(170, 174, 232)  hsl(236, 57%, 79%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#e8e4aa  rgb(232, 228, 170)  hsl(56, 57%, 79%)  Pale Goldenrod
#e8aaae  rgb(232, 170, 174)  hsl(356, 57%, 79%)  Pastel Pink
#aee8aa  rgb(174, 232, 170)  hsl(116, 57%, 79%)  Granny Smith Apple