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#AEA6CF

#aea6cf ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#aea6cf is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 65.1% green and 81.18% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 15.94% cyan, 19.81% magenta, 0% yellow and 18.82% black. Its hue angle is 251.71°, with 29.93% saturation and 73.14% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.16:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 7.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.4078

Complementary

  1. #aea6cf
  2. #c7cfa6

Split complementary

  1. #aea6cf
  2. #cfc3a6
  3. #b3cfa6

Analogous

  1. #a6b3cf
  2. #aea6cf
  3. #c3a6cf

Triadic

  1. #aea6cf
  2. #cfaea6
  3. #a6cfae

Tetradic

  1. #aea6cf
  2. #cfa6c7
  3. #c7cfa6
  4. #a6cfae

Square

  1. #aea6cf
  2. #cfa6b3
  3. #c7cfa6
  4. #a6cfc3

Monochromatic

  1. #5a4d8f
  2. #8174b4
  3. #aea6cf
  4. #dbd8ea
  5. #f3f2f8

Shades

#aea6cf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aea6cf
  2. #9d95ba
  3. #8b85a6
  4. #7a7491
  5. #68647c
  6. #575368
  7. #464253
  8. #34323e
  9. #232129
  10. #111115
  11. #000000

Tints

#aea6cf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aea6cf
  2. #b6afd4
  3. #beb8d9
  4. #c6c1dd
  5. #cecae2
  6. #d7d3e7
  7. #dfdbec
  8. #e7e4f1
  9. #efedf5
  10. #f7f6fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aea6cf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aea6cf
  2. #a9a2c7
  3. #a59ebf
  4. #a09bb7
  5. #9c97af
  6. #9793a8
  7. #928fa0
  8. #8e8b98
  9. #898890
  10. #858488
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.16:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aca9bb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9dacd1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9eaace ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a8acb4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a4a9d0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a5a9ce ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aaaabf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aea6cf {
  color: #aea6cf;
}
Background
.bg-aea6cf {
  background-color: #aea6cf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aea6cf {
  border: 2px solid #aea6cf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aea6cf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 166 207;
  --color-primary-hsl: 252 30% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aea6cf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aea6cf, #c3a6cf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aea6cf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 166 207 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.00 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 7.70 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.40 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 8.84 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 9.64 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 10.17 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 10.43 #515930 Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#aea6cf  rgb(174, 166, 207)  hsl(252, 30%, 73%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#c7cfa6  rgb(199, 207, 166)  hsl(72, 30%, 73%)  Sage
#cfaea6  rgb(207, 174, 166)  hsl(12, 30%, 73%)  Silver Pink
#a6cfae  rgb(166, 207, 174)  hsl(132, 30%, 73%)  Celadon