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#ABAED5

#abaed5 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#abaed5 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 83.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 19.72% cyan, 18.31% magenta, 0% yellow and 16.47% black. Its hue angle is 235.71°, with 33.33% saturation and 75.29% 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 9.75:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 3.33.

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Relative luminance0.4373

Complementary

  1. #abaed5
  2. #d5d2ab

Split complementary

  1. #abaed5
  2. #d5bdab
  3. #c3d5ab

Analogous

  1. #abc3d5
  2. #abaed5
  3. #bdabd5

Triadic

  1. #abaed5
  2. #d5abae
  3. #aed5ab

Tetradic

  1. #abaed5
  2. #d2abd5
  3. #d5d2ab
  4. #aed5ab

Square

  1. #abaed5
  2. #d5abc3
  3. #d5d2ab
  4. #abd5bd

Monochromatic

  1. #4d539a
  2. #787dbb
  3. #abaed5
  4. #dedfee
  5. #f1f2f8

Shades

#abaed5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #abaed5
  2. #9a9dc0
  3. #898baa
  4. #787a95
  5. #676880
  6. #56576b
  7. #444655
  8. #333440
  9. #22232b
  10. #111115
  11. #000000

Tints

#abaed5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #abaed5
  2. #b3b6d9
  3. #bcbedd
  4. #c4c6e2
  5. #cdcee6
  6. #d5d7ea
  7. #dddfee
  8. #e6e7f2
  9. #eeeff7
  10. #f7f7fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#abaed5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #abaed5
  2. #a7a9cd
  3. #a2a5c4
  4. #9ea0bc
  5. #9a9cb3
  6. #9697ab
  7. #9192a2
  8. #8d8e9a
  9. #898991
  10. #848589
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.15:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.75:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b1b1b1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aeb0c0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a4b2d7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a2afd4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a2b5bb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a7b0d6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a6afd4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a6b2c6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-abaed5 {
  color: #abaed5;
}
Background
.bg-abaed5 {
  background-color: #abaed5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-abaed5 {
  border: 2px solid #abaed5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #abaed5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 171 174 213;
  --color-primary-hsl: 236 33% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-abaed5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #abaed5, #bdabd5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-abaed5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(171 174 213 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 3.33 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.57 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.79 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 9.88 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 10.69 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 11.50 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 11.53 #54512a Inverted #b1b1b1 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#abaed5  rgb(171, 174, 213)  hsl(236, 33%, 75%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#d5d2ab  rgb(213, 210, 171)  hsl(56, 33%, 75%)  Sage
#d5abae  rgb(213, 171, 174)  hsl(356, 33%, 75%)  Pastel Pink
#aed5ab  rgb(174, 213, 171)  hsl(116, 33%, 75%)  Celadon