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#AEA4E3

#aea4e3 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#aea4e3 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 64.31% green and 89.02% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 23.35% cyan, 27.75% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.98% black. Its hue angle is 249.52°, with 52.94% saturation and 76.67% 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 9.22:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 7.41.

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Relative luminance0.411

Complementary

  1. #aea4e3
  2. #d9e3a4

Split complementary

  1. #aea4e3
  2. #e3cea4
  3. #bae3a4

Analogous

  1. #a4bae3
  2. #aea4e3
  3. #cea4e3

Triadic

  1. #aea4e3
  2. #e3aea4
  3. #a4e3ae

Tetradic

  1. #aea4e3
  2. #e3a4d9
  3. #d9e3a4
  4. #a4e3ae

Square

  1. #aea4e3
  2. #e3a4ba
  3. #d9e3a4
  4. #a4e3ce

Monochromatic

  1. #4c38b6
  2. #7a6ad1
  3. #aea4e3
  4. #e2dff5
  5. #f1effa

Shades

#aea4e3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aea4e3
  2. #9d94cc
  3. #8b83b6
  4. #7a739f
  5. #686288
  6. #575272
  7. #46425b
  8. #343144
  9. #23212d
  10. #111017
  11. #000000

Tints

#aea4e3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aea4e3
  2. #b6ade6
  3. #beb6e9
  4. #c6bfeb
  5. #cec8ee
  6. #d7d2f1
  7. #dfdbf4
  8. #e7e4f7
  9. #efedf9
  10. #f7f6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aea4e3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aea4e3
  2. #a9a0d9
  3. #a59dcf
  4. #a099c5
  5. #9c96bb
  6. #9792b2
  7. #928ea8
  8. #8e8b9e
  9. #898794
  10. #85848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.28:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.22:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #acacac ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ada9c4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #94ade6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #95abe1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a3aeba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9fa9e5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a0a8e2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a7aacc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aea4e3 {
  color: #aea4e3;
}
Background
.bg-aea4e3 {
  background-color: #aea4e3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aea4e3 {
  border: 2px solid #aea4e3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aea4e3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 164 227;
  --color-primary-hsl: 250 53% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aea4e3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aea4e3, #cea4e3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aea4e3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 164 227 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.41 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.08 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 9.99 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 10.12 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 11.26 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 11.85 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 11.99 #515b1c Inverted #acacac Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#aea4e3  rgb(174, 164, 227)  hsl(250, 53%, 77%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#d9e3a4  rgb(217, 227, 164)  hsl(70, 53%, 77%)  Pale Goldenrod
#e3aea4  rgb(227, 174, 164)  hsl(10, 53%, 77%)  Pastel Pink
#a4e3ae  rgb(164, 227, 174)  hsl(130, 53%, 77%)  Celadon