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#aeaebf ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#aeaebf is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 68.24% green and 74.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 8.9% cyan, 8.9% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 240°, with 11.72% saturation and 71.57% lightness in HSL. It is a neutral color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.61:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 6.91.

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Relative luminance0.4303

Complementary

  1. #aeaebf
  2. #bfbfae

Split complementary

  1. #aeaebf
  2. #bfb7ae
  3. #b7bfae

Analogous

  1. #aeb7bf
  2. #aeaebf
  3. #b7aebf

Triadic

  1. #aeaebf
  2. #bfaeae
  3. #aebfae

Tetradic

  1. #aeaebf
  2. #bfaebf
  3. #bfbfae
  4. #aebfae

Square

  1. #aeaebf
  2. #bfaeb7
  3. #bfbfae
  4. #aebfb7

Monochromatic

  1. #5e5e76
  2. #83839d
  3. #aeaebf
  4. #d9d9e1
  5. #f4f4f6

Shades

#aeaebf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aeaebf
  2. #9d9dac
  3. #8b8b99
  4. #7a7a86
  5. #686873
  6. #575760
  7. #46464c
  8. #343439
  9. #232326
  10. #111113
  11. #000000

Tints

#aeaebf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aeaebf
  2. #b6b6c5
  3. #bebecc
  4. #c6c6d2
  5. #ceced9
  6. #d7d7df
  7. #dfdfe5
  8. #e7e7ec
  9. #efeff2
  10. #f7f7f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aeaebf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aeaebf
  2. #a9a9b9
  3. #a5a5b2
  4. #a0a0ac
  5. #9c9ca6
  6. #9797a0
  7. #929299
  8. #8e8e93
  9. #89898d
  10. #858586
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.19:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.61:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #afafb6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #aab0c0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aaafbf ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #abb1b3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #acafbf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #acafbf ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #acb0b8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aeaebf {
  color: #aeaebf;
}
Background
.bg-aeaebf {
  background-color: #aeaebf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aeaebf {
  border: 2px solid #aeaebf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aeaebf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 174 191;
  --color-primary-hsl: 240 12% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aeaebf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aeaebf, #b7aebf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aeaebf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 174 191 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.91 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 8.35 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 8.35 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 9.23 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 9.31 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 9.32 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 9.49 #515140 Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#aeaebf  rgb(174, 174, 191)  hsl(240, 12%, 72%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#bfbfae  rgb(191, 191, 174)  hsl(60, 12%, 72%)  Ash Gray
#bfaeae  rgb(191, 174, 174)  hsl(0, 12%, 72%)  Silver Pink
#aebfae  rgb(174, 191, 174)  hsl(120, 12%, 72%)  Ash Gray