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#ABAED6

#abaed6 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#abaed6 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 83.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20.09% cyan, 18.69% magenta, 0% yellow and 16.08% black. Its hue angle is 235.81°, with 34.4% saturation and 75.49% 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 9.76:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 3.4.

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Relative luminance0.4379

Complementary

  1. #abaed6
  2. #d6d3ab

Split complementary

  1. #abaed6
  2. #d6bdab
  3. #c4d6ab

Analogous

  1. #abc4d6
  2. #abaed6
  3. #bdabd6

Triadic

  1. #abaed6
  2. #d6abae
  3. #aed6ab

Tetradic

  1. #abaed6
  2. #d3abd6
  3. #d6d3ab
  4. #aed6ab

Square

  1. #abaed6
  2. #d6abc4
  3. #d6d3ab
  4. #abd6bd

Monochromatic

  1. #4c529c
  2. #787cbd
  3. #abaed6
  4. #dee0ef
  5. #f1f2f8

Shades

#abaed6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #abaed6
  2. #9a9dc1
  3. #898bab
  4. #787a96
  5. #676880
  6. #56576b
  7. #444656
  8. #333440
  9. #22232b
  10. #111115
  11. #000000

Tints

#abaed6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #abaed6
  2. #b3b6da
  3. #bcbede
  4. #c4c6e2
  5. #cdcee6
  6. #d5d7eb
  7. #dddfef
  8. #e6e7f3
  9. #eeeff7
  10. #f7f7fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#abaed6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #abaed6
  2. #a7a9cd
  3. #a2a5c5
  4. #9ea0bc
  5. #9a9cb4
  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 9.76:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b1b1b1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aeb0c1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a4b2d8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a2afd5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a1b5bb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a7b1d7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a6afd5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a5b2c7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-abaed6 {
  color: #abaed6;
}
Background
.bg-abaed6 {
  background-color: #abaed6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-abaed6 {
  border: 2px solid #abaed6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #abaed6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 171 174 214;
  --color-primary-hsl: 236 34% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-abaed6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #abaed6, #bdabd6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-abaed6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(171 174 214 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 3.40 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.47 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.84 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 10.00 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 10.81 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 11.41 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 11.68 #545129 Inverted #b1b1b1 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#abaed6  rgb(171, 174, 214)  hsl(236, 34%, 75%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#d6d3ab  rgb(214, 211, 171)  hsl(56, 34%, 75%)  Pale Goldenrod
#d6abae  rgb(214, 171, 174)  hsl(356, 34%, 75%)  Pastel Pink
#aed6ab  rgb(174, 214, 171)  hsl(116, 34%, 75%)  Celadon