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#ae9fef ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#ae9fef is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 62.35% green and 93.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 27.2% cyan, 33.47% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 251.25°, with 71.43% saturation and 78.04% 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 9.01:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 8.95.

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Web safe#9999ff
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Relative luminance0.4003

Complementary

  1. #ae9fef
  2. #e0ef9f

Split complementary

  1. #ae9fef
  2. #efd69f
  3. #b8ef9f

Analogous

  1. #9fb8ef
  2. #ae9fef
  3. #d69fef

Triadic

  1. #ae9fef
  2. #efae9f
  3. #9fefae

Tetradic

  1. #ae9fef
  2. #ef9fe0
  3. #e0ef9f
  4. #9fefae

Square

  1. #ae9fef
  2. #ef9fb8
  3. #e0ef9f
  4. #9fefd6

Monochromatic

  1. #4423d2
  2. #775de4
  3. #ae9fef
  4. #e5e1fa
  5. #f0eefc

Shades

#ae9fef mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ae9fef
  2. #9d8fd7
  3. #8b7fbf
  4. #7a6fa7
  5. #685f8f
  6. #575078
  7. #464060
  8. #343048
  9. #232030
  10. #111018
  11. #000000

Tints

#ae9fef mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ae9fef
  2. #b6a9f1
  3. #beb2f2
  4. #c6bcf4
  5. #cec5f5
  6. #d7cff7
  7. #dfd9f9
  8. #e7e2fa
  9. #efecfc
  10. #f7f5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ae9fef mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ae9fef
  2. #a99ce4
  3. #a599d9
  4. #a096ce
  5. #9c93c3
  6. #9790b8
  7. #928cac
  8. #8e89a1
  9. #898696
  10. #85838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.33:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.01:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aaaaaa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aba6c9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8aabf2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8ba8ed ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a0adbc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9aa6f1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9aa5ee ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a6a7d2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ae9fef {
  color: #ae9fef;
}
Background
.bg-ae9fef {
  background-color: #ae9fef;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ae9fef {
  border: 2px solid #ae9fef;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ae9fef;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 159 239;
  --color-primary-hsl: 251 71% 78%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ae9fef {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ae9fef, #d69fef);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ae9fef {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 159 239 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.95 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 9.07 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 10.02 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 10.31 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 11.80 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 12.15 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 12.93 #516010 Inverted #aaaaaa Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#ae9fef  rgb(174, 159, 239)  hsl(251, 71%, 78%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#e0ef9f  rgb(224, 239, 159)  hsl(71, 71%, 78%)  Pale Goldenrod
#efae9f  rgb(239, 174, 159)  hsl(11, 71%, 78%)  Melon
#9fefae  rgb(159, 239, 174)  hsl(131, 71%, 78%)  Granny Smith Apple