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#ABA4E2

#aba4e2 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#aba4e2 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.06% red, 64.31% green and 88.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 24.34% cyan, 27.43% magenta, 0% yellow and 11.37% black. Its hue angle is 246.77°, with 51.67% saturation and 76.47% 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 9.14:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 6.9.

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Relative luminance0.407

Complementary

  1. #aba4e2
  2. #dbe2a4

Split complementary

  1. #aba4e2
  2. #e2caa4
  3. #bce2a4

Analogous

  1. #a4bce2
  2. #aba4e2
  3. #caa4e2

Triadic

  1. #aba4e2
  2. #e2aba4
  3. #a4e2ab

Tetradic

  1. #aba4e2
  2. #e2a4db
  3. #dbe2a4
  4. #a4e2ab

Square

  1. #aba4e2
  2. #e2a4bc
  3. #dbe2a4
  4. #a4e2ca

Monochromatic

  1. #4739b4
  2. #756ad0
  3. #aba4e2
  4. #e1def4
  5. #f1f0fa

Shades

#aba4e2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aba4e2
  2. #9a94cb
  3. #8983b5
  4. #78739e
  5. #676288
  6. #565271
  7. #44425a
  8. #333144
  9. #22212d
  10. #111017
  11. #000000

Tints

#aba4e2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aba4e2
  2. #b3ade5
  3. #bcb6e8
  4. #c4bfeb
  5. #cdc8ee
  6. #d5d2f1
  7. #dddbf3
  8. #e6e4f6
  9. #eeedf9
  10. #f7f6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aba4e2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aba4e2
  2. #a7a0d8
  3. #a29dce
  4. #9e99c5
  5. #9a96bb
  6. #9692b1
  7. #918ea7
  8. #8d8b9d
  9. #898794
  10. #84848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.14:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aba8c3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #94ace5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #94aae0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9faeba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9ea9e4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9ea7e1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a4aacb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aba4e2 {
  color: #aba4e2;
}
Background
.bg-aba4e2 {
  background-color: #aba4e2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aba4e2 {
  border: 2px solid #aba4e2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aba4e2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 171 164 226;
  --color-primary-hsl: 247 52% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aba4e2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aba4e2, #caa4e2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aba4e2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(171 164 226 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.90 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.81 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 10.17 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 10.70 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 11.58 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 11.79 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 12.05 #545b1d Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#aba4e2  rgb(171, 164, 226)  hsl(247, 52%, 76%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#dbe2a4  rgb(219, 226, 164)  hsl(67, 52%, 76%)  Pale Goldenrod
#e2aba4  rgb(226, 171, 164)  hsl(7, 52%, 76%)  Pastel Pink
#a4e2ab  rgb(164, 226, 171)  hsl(127, 52%, 76%)  Celadon