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#AAAEED

#aaaeed ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#aaaeed is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 68.24% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 28.27% cyan, 26.58% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 236.42°, with 65.05% saturation and 79.8% 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 9.99:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 5.82.

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Web safe#9999ff
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Relative luminance0.4493

Complementary

  1. #aaaeed
  2. #ede9aa

Split complementary

  1. #aaaeed
  2. #edc7aa
  3. #cfedaa

Analogous

  1. #aacfed
  2. #aaaeed
  3. #c7aaed

Triadic

  1. #aaaeed
  2. #edaaae
  3. #aeedaa

Tetradic

  1. #aaaeed
  2. #e9aaed
  3. #ede9aa
  4. #aeedaa

Square

  1. #aaaeed
  2. #edaacf
  3. #ede9aa
  4. #aaedc7

Monochromatic

  1. #2c36d2
  2. #6b72e0
  3. #aaaeed
  4. #e9eafa
  5. #eeeffb

Shades

#aaaeed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaaeed
  2. #999dd5
  3. #888bbe
  4. #777aa6
  5. #66688e
  6. #555777
  7. #44465f
  8. #333447
  9. #22232f
  10. #111118
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaaeed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaaeed
  2. #b3b6ef
  3. #bbbef1
  4. #c4c6f2
  5. #cccef4
  6. #d5d7f6
  7. #dddff8
  8. #e6e7fa
  9. #eeeffb
  10. #f7f7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaaeed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaaeed
  2. #a6a9e2
  3. #a2a5d7
  4. #9da0cc
  5. #999cc1
  6. #9597b7
  7. #9192ac
  8. #8d8ea1
  9. #888996
  10. #84858b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.1:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.99:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b3b3b3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #afb1cd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9cb5f0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #99b1eb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #99b9c4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a2b2ef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a0b0ec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a0b5d6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaaeed {
  color: #aaaeed;
}
Background
.bg-aaaeed {
  background-color: #aaaeed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaaeed {
  border: 2px solid #aaaeed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaaeed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 174 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 236 65% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaaeed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaaeed, #c7aaed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaaeed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 174 237 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 5.82 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.29 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.50 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 11.89 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 12.23 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 12.82 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 13.68 #555112 Inverted #b3b3b3 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#aaaeed  rgb(170, 174, 237)  hsl(236, 65%, 80%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#ede9aa  rgb(237, 233, 170)  hsl(56, 65%, 80%)  Pale Goldenrod
#edaaae  rgb(237, 170, 174)  hsl(356, 65%, 80%)  Pastel Pink
#aeedaa  rgb(174, 237, 170)  hsl(116, 65%, 80%)  Granny Smith Apple