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#ABAED3

#abaed3 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#abaed3 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 82.75% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 18.96% cyan, 17.54% magenta, 0% yellow and 17.25% black. Its hue angle is 235.5°, with 31.25% saturation and 74.9% 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 9.73:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 3.22.

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Relative luminance0.4363

Complementary

  1. #abaed3
  2. #d3d0ab

Split complementary

  1. #abaed3
  2. #d3bcab
  3. #c2d3ab

Analogous

  1. #abc2d3
  2. #abaed3
  3. #bcabd3

Triadic

  1. #abaed3
  2. #d3abae
  3. #aed3ab

Tetradic

  1. #abaed3
  2. #d0abd3
  3. #d3d0ab
  4. #aed3ab

Square

  1. #abaed3
  2. #d3abc2
  3. #d3d0ab
  4. #abd3bc

Monochromatic

  1. #4f5496
  2. #797eb9
  3. #abaed3
  4. #dddeed
  5. #f2f2f8

Shades

#abaed3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #abaed3
  2. #9a9dbe
  3. #898ba9
  4. #787a94
  5. #67687f
  6. #56576a
  7. #444654
  8. #33343f
  9. #22232a
  10. #111115
  11. #000000

Tints

#abaed3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #abaed3
  2. #b3b6d7
  3. #bcbedc
  4. #c4c6e0
  5. #cdcee5
  6. #d5d7e9
  7. #dddfed
  8. #e6e7f2
  9. #eeeff6
  10. #f7f7fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#abaed3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #abaed3
  2. #a7a9cb
  3. #a2a5c2
  4. #9ea0ba
  5. #9a9cb2
  6. #9697aa
  7. #9192a1
  8. #8d8e99
  9. #898991
  10. #848588
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.16:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.73:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b0b0b0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aeafbf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a5b2d5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a3afd2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a2b4ba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a7b0d4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a6afd2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a6b2c5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-abaed3 {
  color: #abaed3;
}
Background
.bg-abaed3 {
  background-color: #abaed3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-abaed3 {
  border: 2px solid #abaed3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #abaed3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 171 174 211;
  --color-primary-hsl: 236 31% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-abaed3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #abaed3, #bcabd3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-abaed3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(171 174 211 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 3.22 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.81 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 9.65 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.68 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 10.47 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 11.26 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 11.69 #54512c Inverted #b0b0b0 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#abaed3  rgb(171, 174, 211)  hsl(236, 31%, 75%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#d3d0ab  rgb(211, 208, 171)  hsl(56, 31%, 75%)  Sage
#d3abae  rgb(211, 171, 174)  hsl(356, 31%, 75%)  Pastel Pink
#aed3ab  rgb(174, 211, 171)  hsl(116, 31%, 75%)  Celadon