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#AEACD4

#aeacd4 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#aeacd4 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 67.45% green and 83.14% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 17.92% cyan, 18.87% magenta, 0% yellow and 16.86% black. Its hue angle is 243°, with 31.75% saturation and 75.29% 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 9.65:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 5.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.4326

Complementary

  1. #aeacd4
  2. #d2d4ac

Split complementary

  1. #aeacd4
  2. #d4c2ac
  3. #bed4ac

Analogous

  1. #acbed4
  2. #aeacd4
  3. #c2acd4

Triadic

  1. #aeacd4
  2. #d4aeac
  3. #acd4ae

Tetradic

  1. #aeacd4
  2. #d4acd2
  3. #d2d4ac
  4. #acd4ae

Square

  1. #aeacd4
  2. #d4acbe
  3. #d2d4ac
  4. #acd4c2

Monochromatic

  1. #524f98
  2. #7d7aba
  3. #aeacd4
  4. #dfdeee
  5. #f2f2f8

Shades

#aeacd4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aeacd4
  2. #9d9bbf
  3. #8b8aaa
  4. #7a7894
  5. #68677f
  6. #57566a
  7. #464555
  8. #343440
  9. #23222a
  10. #111115
  11. #000000

Tints

#aeacd4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aeacd4
  2. #b6b4d8
  3. #bebddd
  4. #c6c5e1
  5. #cecde5
  6. #d7d6ea
  7. #dfdeee
  8. #e7e6f2
  9. #efeef6
  10. #f7f7fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aeacd4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aeacd4
  2. #a9a8cc
  3. #a5a3c3
  4. #a09fbb
  5. #9c9ab2
  6. #9796aa
  7. #9292a2
  8. #8e8d99
  9. #898991
  10. #858488
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.18:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.65:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b0b0b0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #afaebf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a3b1d6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a2afd3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a6b2b9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a7afd5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a7aed3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a9b0c5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aeacd4 {
  color: #aeacd4;
}
Background
.bg-aeacd4 {
  background-color: #aeacd4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aeacd4 {
  border: 2px solid #aeacd4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aeacd4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 172 212;
  --color-primary-hsl: 243 32% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aeacd4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aeacd4, #c2acd4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aeacd4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 172 212 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 5.00 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.83 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 9.32 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 10.03 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 10.22 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 10.78 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 10.99 #51532b Inverted #b0b0b0 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#aeacd4  rgb(174, 172, 212)  hsl(243, 32%, 75%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#d2d4ac  rgb(210, 212, 172)  hsl(63, 32%, 75%)  Pale Goldenrod
#d4aeac  rgb(212, 174, 172)  hsl(3, 32%, 75%)  Pastel Pink
#acd4ae  rgb(172, 212, 174)  hsl(123, 32%, 75%)  Celadon