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#aaaefa ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#aaaefa is a color from the blue family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 68.24% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 32% cyan, 30.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 237°, with 88.89% saturation and 82.35% 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 10.14:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 7.39.

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Relative luminance0.4572

Complementary

  1. #aaaefa
  2. #faf6aa

Split complementary

  1. #aaaefa
  2. #faceaa
  3. #d6faaa

Analogous

  1. #aad6fa
  2. #aaaefa
  3. #ceaafa

Triadic

  1. #aaaefa
  2. #faaaae
  3. #aefaaa

Tetradic

  1. #aaaefa
  2. #f6aafa
  3. #faf6aa
  4. #aefaaa

Square

  1. #aaaefa
  2. #faaad6
  3. #faf6aa
  4. #aaface

Monochromatic

  1. #1924f2
  2. #6269f6
  3. #aaaefa
  4. #ecedfe
  5. #ecedfe

Shades

#aaaefa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaaefa
  2. #999de1
  3. #888bc8
  4. #777aaf
  5. #666896
  6. #55577d
  7. #444664
  8. #33344b
  9. #222332
  10. #111119
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaaefa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaaefa
  2. #b3b6fb
  3. #bbbefb
  4. #c4c6fc
  5. #cccefc
  6. #d5d7fd
  7. #dddffd
  8. #e6e7fe
  9. #eeeffe
  10. #f7f7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaaefa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaaefa
  2. #a6a9ee
  3. #a2a5e2
  4. #9da0d5
  5. #999cc9
  6. #9597bd
  7. #9192b1
  8. #8d8ea5
  9. #888998
  10. #84858c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.07:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.14:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b4b4b4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b0b2d4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #97b7fd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #94b2f8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #95bcc9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9fb3fc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9db0f9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9eb7de ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaaefa {
  color: #aaaefa;
}
Background
.bg-aaaefa {
  background-color: #aaaefa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaaefa {
  border: 2px solid #aaaefa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaaefa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 174 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 237 89% 82%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaaefa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaaefa, #ceaafa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaaefa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 174 250 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.39 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.14 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 9.16 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 12.52 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 12.96 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 13.12 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 13.20 #555105 Inverted #b4b4b4 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#aaaefa  rgb(170, 174, 250)  hsl(237, 89%, 82%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#faf6aa  rgb(250, 246, 170)  hsl(57, 89%, 82%)  Pale Goldenrod
#faaaae  rgb(250, 170, 174)  hsl(357, 89%, 82%)  Light Pink
#aefaaa  rgb(174, 250, 170)  hsl(117, 89%, 82%)  Pale Green