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#ABAED8

#abaed8 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#abaed8 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 84.71% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20.83% cyan, 19.44% magenta, 0% yellow and 15.29% black. Its hue angle is 236°, with 36.59% saturation and 75.88% 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 9.78:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 3.57.

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Relative luminance0.4389

Complementary

  1. #abaed8
  2. #d8d5ab

Split complementary

  1. #abaed8
  2. #d8beab
  3. #c4d8ab

Analogous

  1. #abc4d8
  2. #abaed8
  3. #beabd8

Triadic

  1. #abaed8
  2. #d8abae
  3. #aed8ab

Tetradic

  1. #abaed8
  2. #d5abd8
  3. #d8d5ab
  4. #aed8ab

Square

  1. #abaed8
  2. #d8abc4
  3. #d8d5ab
  4. #abd8be

Monochromatic

  1. #4a50a0
  2. #777cc0
  3. #abaed8
  4. #dfe0f0
  5. #f1f2f9

Shades

#abaed8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #abaed8
  2. #9a9dc2
  3. #898bad
  4. #787a97
  5. #676882
  6. #56576c
  7. #444656
  8. #333441
  9. #22232b
  10. #111116
  11. #000000

Tints

#abaed8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #abaed8
  2. #b3b6dc
  3. #bcbee0
  4. #c4c6e4
  5. #cdcee8
  6. #d5d7ec
  7. #dddfef
  8. #e6e7f3
  9. #eeeff7
  10. #f7f7fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#abaed8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #abaed8
  2. #a7a9cf
  3. #a2a5c6
  4. #9ea0be
  5. #9a9cb5
  6. #9697ac
  7. #9192a3
  8. #8d8e9a
  9. #898992
  10. #848589
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.15:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.78:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b1b1b1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #afb0c2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a3b2da ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a1afd7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a1b5bc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a6b1d9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a5afd7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a5b2c8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-abaed8 {
  color: #abaed8;
}
Background
.bg-abaed8 {
  background-color: #abaed8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-abaed8 {
  border: 2px solid #abaed8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #abaed8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 171 174 216;
  --color-primary-hsl: 236 37% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-abaed8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #abaed8, #beabd8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-abaed8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(171 174 216 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 3.57 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.29 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.93 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 10.25 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 11.08 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 11.27 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 11.97 #545127 Inverted #b1b1b1 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#abaed8  rgb(171, 174, 216)  hsl(236, 37%, 76%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#d8d5ab  rgb(216, 213, 171)  hsl(56, 37%, 76%)  Pale Goldenrod
#d8abae  rgb(216, 171, 174)  hsl(356, 37%, 76%)  Pastel Pink
#aed8ab  rgb(174, 216, 171)  hsl(116, 37%, 76%)  Celadon