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#ACAAEE

#acaaee ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#acaaee is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.45% red, 66.67% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 27.73% cyan, 28.57% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 241.76°, with 66.67% saturation and 80% 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 9.74:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 6.65.

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Relative luminance0.4369

Complementary

  1. #acaaee
  2. #eceeaa

Split complementary

  1. #acaaee
  2. #eeceaa
  3. #caeeaa

Analogous

  1. #aacaee
  2. #acaaee
  3. #ceaaee

Triadic

  1. #acaaee
  2. #eeacaa
  3. #aaeeac

Tetradic

  1. #acaaee
  2. #eeaaec
  3. #eceeaa
  4. #aaeeac

Square

  1. #acaaee
  2. #eeaaca
  3. #eceeaa
  4. #aaeece

Monochromatic

  1. #2f2ad5
  2. #6e6ae1
  3. #acaaee
  4. #eaeafb
  5. #eeeefc

Shades

#acaaee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #acaaee
  2. #9b99d6
  3. #8a88be
  4. #7877a7
  5. #67668f
  6. #565577
  7. #45445f
  8. #343347
  9. #222230
  10. #111118
  11. #000000

Tints

#acaaee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #acaaee
  2. #b4b3f0
  3. #bdbbf1
  4. #c5c4f3
  5. #cdccf5
  6. #d6d5f7
  7. #deddf8
  8. #e6e6fa
  9. #eeeefc
  10. #f7f7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#acaaee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #acaaee
  2. #a8a6e3
  3. #a3a2d8
  4. #9f9dcd
  5. #9a99c2
  6. #9695b7
  7. #9291ac
  8. #8d8da1
  9. #898896
  10. #84848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.16:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.74:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b1b1b1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #afaecc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #97b3f1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #95afec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9cb6c2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a0aff0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9faded ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a3b1d5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-acaaee {
  color: #acaaee;
}
Background
.bg-acaaee {
  background-color: #acaaee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-acaaee {
  border: 2px solid #acaaee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #acaaee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 172 170 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 242 67% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-acaaee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #acaaee, #ceaaee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-acaaee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(172 170 238 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.65 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 9.00 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.28 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 10.63 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 11.12 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 12.89 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 13.79 #535511 Inverted #b1b1b1 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#acaaee  rgb(172, 170, 238)  hsl(242, 67%, 80%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#eceeaa  rgb(236, 238, 170)  hsl(62, 67%, 80%)  Pale Goldenrod
#eeacaa  rgb(238, 172, 170)  hsl(2, 67%, 80%)  Pastel Pink
#aaeeac  rgb(170, 238, 172)  hsl(122, 67%, 80%)  Granny Smith Apple