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#8ABAED

#8abaed ≈ Maya Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8abaed is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.12% red, 72.94% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 41.77% cyan, 21.52% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 210.91°, with 73.33% saturation and 73.53% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.33:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Maya Blue (#73c2fb), ΔE 5.18.

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Web safe#99ccff
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Relative luminance0.4664

Complementary

  1. #8abaed
  2. #edbd8a

Split complementary

  1. #8abaed
  2. #ed8c8a
  3. #ebed8a

Analogous

  1. #8aebed
  2. #8abaed
  3. #8c8aed

Triadic

  1. #8abaed
  2. #ed8aba
  3. #baed8a

Tetradic

  1. #8abaed
  2. #bd8aed
  3. #edbd8a
  4. #baed8a

Square

  1. #8abaed
  2. #ed8aeb
  3. #edbd8a
  4. #8aed8c

Monochromatic

  1. #1e6dc0
  2. #4893e3
  3. #8abaed
  4. #cce1f7
  5. #edf5fc

Shades

#8abaed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8abaed
  2. #7ca7d5
  3. #6e95be
  4. #6182a6
  5. #53708e
  6. #455d77
  7. #374a5f
  8. #293847
  9. #1c252f
  10. #0e1318
  11. #000000

Tints

#8abaed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8abaed
  2. #96c1ef
  3. #a1c8f1
  4. #adcff2
  5. #b9d6f4
  6. #c5ddf6
  7. #d0e3f8
  8. #dceafa
  9. #e8f1fb
  10. #f3f8fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8abaed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8abaed
  2. #89b4e2
  3. #88aed7
  4. #87a9cc
  5. #86a3c1
  6. #859db7
  7. #8497ac
  8. #8391a1
  9. #828c96
  10. #81868b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.03:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.33:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b6b6b6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a6b7ce ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a6bbef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9ab1ec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #65c6cb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9cbbee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #94b5ec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #76c1da ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8abaed {
  color: #8abaed;
}
Background
.bg-8abaed {
  background-color: #8abaed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8abaed {
  border: 2px solid #8abaed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8abaed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 186 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 211 73% 74%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8abaed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8abaed, #8c8aed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8abaed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 186 237 / 0.35);
}

#73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 5.18 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.37 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 6.91 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 8.30 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.95 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 9.43 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.92 #754512 Inverted #b6b6b6 Grayscale 

Maya Blue
#8abaed  rgb(138, 186, 237)  hsl(211, 73%, 74%)  Maya Blue
#edbd8a  rgb(237, 189, 138)  hsl(31, 73%, 74%)  Burly Wood
#ed8aba  rgb(237, 138, 186)  hsl(331, 73%, 74%)  Persian Pink
#baed8a  rgb(186, 237, 138)  hsl(91, 73%, 74%)  Inchworm