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#ABAED4

#abaed4 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#abaed4 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 83.14% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 19.34% cyan, 17.92% magenta, 0% yellow and 16.86% black. Its hue angle is 235.61°, with 32.28% saturation and 75.1% 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 9.74:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 3.27.

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Relative luminance0.4368

Complementary

  1. #abaed4
  2. #d4d1ab

Split complementary

  1. #abaed4
  2. #d4bdab
  3. #c3d4ab

Analogous

  1. #abc3d4
  2. #abaed4
  3. #bdabd4

Triadic

  1. #abaed4
  2. #d4abae
  3. #aed4ab

Tetradic

  1. #abaed4
  2. #d1abd4
  3. #d4d1ab
  4. #aed4ab

Square

  1. #abaed4
  2. #d4abc3
  3. #d4d1ab
  4. #abd4bd

Monochromatic

  1. #4e5398
  2. #787dba
  3. #abaed4
  4. #dedfee
  5. #f2f2f8

Shades

#abaed4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #abaed4
  2. #9a9dbf
  3. #898baa
  4. #787a94
  5. #67687f
  6. #56576a
  7. #444655
  8. #333440
  9. #22232a
  10. #111115
  11. #000000

Tints

#abaed4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #abaed4
  2. #b3b6d8
  3. #bcbedd
  4. #c4c6e1
  5. #cdcee5
  6. #d5d7ea
  7. #dddfee
  8. #e6e7f2
  9. #eeeff6
  10. #f7f7fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#abaed4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #abaed4
  2. #a7a9cc
  3. #a2a5c3
  4. #9ea0bb
  5. #9a9cb2
  6. #9697aa
  7. #9192a2
  8. #8d8e99
  9. #898991
  10. #848588
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.16:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.74:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b0b0b0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aeafc0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a4b2d6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a3afd3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a2b4bb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a7b0d5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a6afd3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a6b2c5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-abaed4 {
  color: #abaed4;
}
Background
.bg-abaed4 {
  background-color: #abaed4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-abaed4 {
  border: 2px solid #abaed4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #abaed4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 171 174 212;
  --color-primary-hsl: 236 32% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-abaed4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #abaed4, #bdabd4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-abaed4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(171 174 212 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 3.27 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.69 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.74 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 9.76 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 10.57 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 11.40 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 11.59 #54512b Inverted #b0b0b0 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#abaed4  rgb(171, 174, 212)  hsl(236, 32%, 75%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#d4d1ab  rgb(212, 209, 171)  hsl(56, 32%, 75%)  Sage
#d4abae  rgb(212, 171, 174)  hsl(356, 32%, 75%)  Pastel Pink
#aed4ab  rgb(174, 212, 171)  hsl(116, 32%, 75%)  Celadon