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#ae9efd ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#ae9efd is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 61.96% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 31.23% cyan, 37.55% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 250.11°, with 95.96% saturation and 80.59% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with imagination, spirituality and luxury. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.11:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 10.1.

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Web safe#9999ff
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Relative luminance0.4054

Complementary

  1. #ae9efd
  2. #edfd9e

Split complementary

  1. #ae9efd
  2. #fdde9e
  3. #bdfd9e

Analogous

  1. #9ebdfd
  2. #ae9efd
  3. #de9efd

Triadic

  1. #ae9efd
  2. #fdae9e
  3. #9efdae

Tetradic

  1. #ae9efd
  2. #fd9eed
  3. #edfd9e
  4. #9efdae

Square

  1. #ae9efd
  2. #fd9ebd
  3. #edfd9e
  4. #9efdde

Monochromatic

  1. #3108fa
  2. #6f53fb
  3. #ae9efd
  4. #ede9ff
  5. #eeebff

Shades

#ae9efd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ae9efd
  2. #9d8ee4
  3. #8b7eca
  4. #7a6fb1
  5. #685f98
  6. #574f7f
  7. #463f65
  8. #342f4c
  9. #232033
  10. #111019
  11. #000000

Tints

#ae9efd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ae9efd
  2. #b6a8fd
  3. #beb1fd
  4. #c6bbfe
  5. #cec5fe
  6. #d7cffe
  7. #dfd8fe
  8. #e7e2fe
  9. #efecff
  10. #f7f5ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ae9efd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ae9efd
  2. #a99bf1
  3. #a598e4
  4. #a095d8
  5. #9c92cb
  6. #978fbf
  7. #928cb2
  8. #8e89a6
  9. #898699
  10. #85838d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.31:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.11:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aca6d1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #82acff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #83a9fb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9bafc2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #96a7ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #96a5fc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a3a9dc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ae9efd {
  color: #ae9efd;
}
Background
.bg-ae9efd {
  background-color: #ae9efd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ae9efd {
  border: 2px solid #ae9efd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ae9efd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 158 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 250 96% 81%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ae9efd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ae9efd, #de9efd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ae9efd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 158 253 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 10.10 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 10.77 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 10.85 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 10.96 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 11.85 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 12.74 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 13.35 #516102 Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#ae9efd  rgb(174, 158, 253)  hsl(250, 96%, 81%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#edfd9e  rgb(237, 253, 158)  hsl(70, 96%, 81%)  Pastel Yellow
#fdae9e  rgb(253, 174, 158)  hsl(10, 96%, 81%)  Vivid Tangerine
#9efdae  rgb(158, 253, 174)  hsl(130, 96%, 81%)  Pale Green