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#AABAED

#aabaed ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#aabaed is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 72.94% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 28.27% cyan, 21.52% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 225.67°, with 65.05% saturation and 79.8% 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 10.96:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 5.37.

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Web safe#99ccff
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Relative luminance0.4978

Complementary

  1. #aabaed
  2. #edddaa

Split complementary

  1. #aabaed
  2. #edbbaa
  3. #dbedaa

Analogous

  1. #aadbed
  2. #aabaed
  3. #bbaaed

Triadic

  1. #aabaed
  2. #edaaba
  3. #baedaa

Tetradic

  1. #aabaed
  2. #ddaaed
  3. #edddaa
  4. #baedaa

Square

  1. #aabaed
  2. #edaadb
  3. #edddaa
  4. #aaedbb

Monochromatic

  1. #2c54d2
  2. #6b87e0
  3. #aabaed
  4. #e9edfa
  5. #eef1fb

Shades

#aabaed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aabaed
  2. #99a7d5
  3. #8895be
  4. #7782a6
  5. #66708e
  6. #555d77
  7. #444a5f
  8. #333847
  9. #22252f
  10. #111318
  11. #000000

Tints

#aabaed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aabaed
  2. #b3c1ef
  3. #bbc8f1
  4. #c4cff2
  5. #ccd6f4
  6. #d5ddf6
  7. #dde3f8
  8. #e6eafa
  9. #eef1fb
  10. #f7f8fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aabaed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aabaed
  2. #a6b4e2
  3. #a2aed7
  4. #9da9cc
  5. #99a3c1
  6. #959db7
  7. #9197ac
  8. #8d91a1
  9. #888c96
  10. #84868b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.92:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.96:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bbbbbb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b5bbd1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #aabeef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a5b9ec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #98c4cb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aabdee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a7b9ec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a0c0da ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aabaed {
  color: #aabaed;
}
Background
.bg-aabaed {
  background-color: #aabaed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aabaed {
  border: 2px solid #aabaed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aabaed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 186 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 226 65% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aabaed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aabaed, #bbaaed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aabaed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 186 237 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 5.37 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 6.94 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 7.17 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 12.00 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 12.34 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 13.73 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 13.75 #554512 Inverted #bbbbbb Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#aabaed  rgb(170, 186, 237)  hsl(226, 65%, 80%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#edddaa  rgb(237, 221, 170)  hsl(46, 65%, 80%)  Vanilla
#edaaba  rgb(237, 170, 186)  hsl(346, 65%, 80%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#baedaa  rgb(186, 237, 170)  hsl(106, 65%, 80%)  Granny Smith Apple