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#ABAED0

#abaed0 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#abaed0 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.06% red, 68.24% green and 81.57% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 17.79% cyan, 16.35% magenta, 0% yellow and 18.43% black. Its hue angle is 235.14°, with 28.24% saturation and 74.31% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.7:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 3.16.

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Relative luminance0.4348

Complementary

  1. #abaed0
  2. #d0cdab

Split complementary

  1. #abaed0
  2. #d0baab
  3. #c0d0ab

Analogous

  1. #abc0d0
  2. #abaed0
  3. #baabd0

Triadic

  1. #abaed0
  2. #d0abae
  3. #aed0ab

Tetradic

  1. #abaed0
  2. #cdabd0
  3. #d0cdab
  4. #aed0ab

Square

  1. #abaed0
  2. #d0abc0
  3. #d0cdab
  4. #abd0ba

Monochromatic

  1. #515691
  2. #7a7fb5
  3. #abaed0
  4. #dcddeb
  5. #f2f2f8

Shades

#abaed0 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #abaed0
  2. #9a9dbb
  3. #898ba6
  4. #787a92
  5. #67687d
  6. #565768
  7. #444653
  8. #33343e
  9. #22232a
  10. #111115
  11. #000000

Tints

#abaed0 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #abaed0
  2. #b3b6d5
  3. #bcbed9
  4. #c4c6de
  5. #cdcee3
  6. #d5d7e8
  7. #dddfec
  8. #e6e7f1
  9. #eeeff6
  10. #f7f7fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#abaed0 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #abaed0
  2. #a7a9c8
  3. #a2a5c0
  4. #9ea0b8
  5. #9a9cb0
  6. #9697a8
  7. #9192a0
  8. #8d8e98
  9. #898990
  10. #848588
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.17:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b0b0b0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aeafbe ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a5b1d2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a4afcf ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a3b4b9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a8b0d1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a7afcf ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a6b1c3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-abaed0 {
  color: #abaed0;
}
Background
.bg-abaed0 {
  background-color: #abaed0;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-abaed0 {
  border: 2px solid #abaed0;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #abaed0;
  --color-primary-rgb: 171 174 208;
  --color-primary-hsl: 235 28% 74%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-abaed0 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #abaed0, #baabd0);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-abaed0 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(171 174 208 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 3.16 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 9.23 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 9.32 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.46 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 10.19 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 10.90 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 11.27 #54512f Inverted #b0b0b0 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#abaed0  rgb(171, 174, 208)  hsl(235, 28%, 74%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#d0cdab  rgb(208, 205, 171)  hsl(55, 28%, 74%)  Sage
#d0abae  rgb(208, 171, 174)  hsl(355, 28%, 74%)  Pastel Pink
#aed0ab  rgb(174, 208, 171)  hsl(115, 28%, 74%)  Celadon