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#AEA5FA

#aea5fa ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#aea5fa is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 64.71% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 30.4% cyan, 34% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 246.35°, with 89.47% saturation and 81.37% 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 9.56:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 8.66.

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Relative luminance0.4281

Complementary

  1. #aea5fa
  2. #f1faa5

Split complementary

  1. #aea5fa
  2. #fad8a5
  3. #c6faa5

Analogous

  1. #a5c6fa
  2. #aea5fa
  3. #d8a5fa

Triadic

  1. #aea5fa
  2. #faaea5
  3. #a5faae

Tetradic

  1. #aea5fa
  2. #faa5f1
  3. #f1faa5
  4. #a5faae

Square

  1. #aea5fa
  2. #faa5c6
  3. #f1faa5
  4. #a5fad8

Monochromatic

  1. #2c14f2
  2. #6d5df6
  3. #aea5fa
  4. #eeecfe
  5. #eeecfe

Shades

#aea5fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aea5fa
  2. #9d95e1
  3. #8b84c8
  4. #7a74af
  5. #686396
  6. #57537d
  7. #464264
  8. #34324b
  9. #232132
  10. #111119
  11. #000000

Tints

#aea5fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aea5fa
  2. #b6aefb
  3. #beb7fb
  4. #c6c0fc
  5. #cec9fc
  6. #d7d2fd
  7. #dfdbfd
  8. #e7e4fe
  9. #efedfe
  10. #f7f6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aea5fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aea5fa
  2. #a9a1ee
  3. #a59ee2
  4. #a09ad5
  5. #9c96c9
  6. #9793bd
  7. #928fb1
  8. #8e8ba5
  9. #898798
  10. #85848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.56:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #afabd1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8db1fd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8cadf8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9cb4c4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9bacfc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9baaf9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a3aedc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aea5fa {
  color: #aea5fa;
}
Background
.bg-aea5fa {
  background-color: #aea5fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aea5fa {
  border: 2px solid #aea5fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aea5fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 165 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 246 89% 81%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aea5fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aea5fa, #d8a5fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aea5fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 165 250 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.66 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.67 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 10.68 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 10.81 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 10.88 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 12.44 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 13.95 #515a05 Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#aea5fa  rgb(174, 165, 250)  hsl(246, 89%, 81%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#f1faa5  rgb(241, 250, 165)  hsl(66, 89%, 81%)  Pastel Yellow
#faaea5  rgb(250, 174, 165)  hsl(6, 89%, 81%)  Melon
#a5faae  rgb(165, 250, 174)  hsl(126, 89%, 81%)  Pale Green