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#ABAED1

#abaed1 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#abaed1 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 81.96% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 18.18% cyan, 16.75% magenta, 0% yellow and 18.04% black. Its hue angle is 235.26°, with 29.23% saturation and 74.51% 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 9.71:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 3.16.

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Relative luminance0.4353

Complementary

  1. #abaed1
  2. #d1ceab

Split complementary

  1. #abaed1
  2. #d1bbab
  3. #c1d1ab

Analogous

  1. #abc1d1
  2. #abaed1
  3. #bbabd1

Triadic

  1. #abaed1
  2. #d1abae
  3. #aed1ab

Tetradic

  1. #abaed1
  2. #ceabd1
  3. #d1ceab
  4. #aed1ab

Square

  1. #abaed1
  2. #d1abc1
  3. #d1ceab
  4. #abd1bb

Monochromatic

  1. #505693
  2. #7a7eb6
  3. #abaed1
  4. #dcdeec
  5. #f2f2f8

Shades

#abaed1 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #abaed1
  2. #9a9dbc
  3. #898ba7
  4. #787a92
  5. #67687d
  6. #565769
  7. #444654
  8. #33343f
  9. #22232a
  10. #111115
  11. #000000

Tints

#abaed1 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #abaed1
  2. #b3b6d6
  3. #bcbeda
  4. #c4c6df
  5. #cdcee3
  6. #d5d7e8
  7. #dddfed
  8. #e6e7f1
  9. #eeeff6
  10. #f7f7fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#abaed1 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #abaed1
  2. #a7a9c9
  3. #a2a5c1
  4. #9ea0b9
  5. #9a9cb1
  6. #9697a9
  7. #9192a0
  8. #8d8e98
  9. #898990
  10. #848588
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.16:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.71:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b0b0b0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aeafbe ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a5b2d3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a3afd0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a3b4ba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a8b0d2 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a7afd0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a6b2c3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-abaed1 {
  color: #abaed1;
}
Background
.bg-abaed1 {
  background-color: #abaed1;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-abaed1 {
  border: 2px solid #abaed1;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #abaed1;
  --color-primary-rgb: 171 174 209;
  --color-primary-hsl: 235 29% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-abaed1 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #abaed1, #bbabd1);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-abaed1 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(171 174 209 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 3.16 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 9.08 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 9.43 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.54 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 10.28 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 11.02 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 11.41 #54512e Inverted #b0b0b0 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#abaed1  rgb(171, 174, 209)  hsl(235, 29%, 75%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#d1ceab  rgb(209, 206, 171)  hsl(55, 29%, 75%)  Sage
#d1abae  rgb(209, 171, 174)  hsl(355, 29%, 75%)  Pastel Pink
#aed1ab  rgb(174, 209, 171)  hsl(115, 29%, 75%)  Celadon