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#aeaef5 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#aeaef5 is a color from the blue family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 68.24% green and 96.08% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 28.98% cyan, 28.98% magenta, 0% yellow and 3.92% black. Its hue angle is 240°, with 78.02% saturation and 82.16% 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 10.17:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 6.97.

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Relative luminance0.4586

Complementary

  1. #aeaef5
  2. #f5f5ae

Split complementary

  1. #aeaef5
  2. #f5d2ae
  3. #d2f5ae

Analogous

  1. #aed2f5
  2. #aeaef5
  3. #d2aef5

Triadic

  1. #aeaef5
  2. #f5aeae
  3. #aef5ae

Tetradic

  1. #aeaef5
  2. #f5aef5
  3. #f5f5ae
  4. #aef5ae

Square

  1. #aeaef5
  2. #f5aed2
  3. #f5f5ae
  4. #aef5d2

Monochromatic

  1. #2626e4
  2. #6a6aed
  3. #aeaef5
  4. #ededfd
  5. #ededfd

Shades

#aeaef5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aeaef5
  2. #9d9ddd
  3. #8b8bc4
  4. #7a7aac
  5. #686893
  6. #57577b
  7. #464662
  8. #34344a
  9. #232331
  10. #111119
  11. #000000

Tints

#aeaef5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aeaef5
  2. #b6b6f6
  3. #bebef7
  4. #c6c6f8
  5. #cecef9
  6. #d7d7fa
  7. #dfdffb
  8. #e7e7fc
  9. #efeffd
  10. #f7f7fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aeaef5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aeaef5
  2. #a9a9e9
  3. #a5a5de
  4. #a0a0d2
  5. #9c9cc6
  6. #9797bb
  7. #9292af
  8. #8e8ea3
  9. #898997
  10. #85858c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.06:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b4b4b4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b2b2d1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9ab7f8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #97b2f3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9dbbc7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a2b3f7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a1b1f4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a4b6db ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aeaef5 {
  color: #aeaef5;
}
Background
.bg-aeaef5 {
  background-color: #aeaef5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aeaef5 {
  border: 2px solid #aeaef5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aeaef5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 174 245;
  --color-primary-hsl: 240 78% 82%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aeaef5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aeaef5, #d2aef5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aeaef5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 174 245 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.97 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.36 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.51 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 11.32 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 11.52 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 13.67 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 13.87 #51510a Inverted #b4b4b4 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#aeaef5  rgb(174, 174, 245)  hsl(240, 78%, 82%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#f5f5ae  rgb(245, 245, 174)  hsl(60, 78%, 82%)  Pale Goldenrod
#f5aeae  rgb(245, 174, 174)  hsl(0, 78%, 82%)  Melon
#aef5ae  rgb(174, 245, 174)  hsl(120, 78%, 82%)  Granny Smith Apple