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#ABAEDB

#abaedb ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#abaedb 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 85.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 21.92% cyan, 20.55% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 236.25°, with 40% saturation and 76.47% 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 9.81:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 3.86.

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Relative luminance0.4404

Complementary

  1. #abaedb
  2. #dbd8ab

Split complementary

  1. #abaedb
  2. #dbc0ab
  3. #c6dbab

Analogous

  1. #abc6db
  2. #abaedb
  3. #c0abdb

Triadic

  1. #abaedb
  2. #dbabae
  3. #aedbab

Tetradic

  1. #abaedb
  2. #d8abdb
  3. #dbd8ab
  4. #aedbab

Square

  1. #abaedb
  2. #dbabc6
  3. #dbd8ab
  4. #abdbc0

Monochromatic

  1. #474da6
  2. #757ac4
  3. #abaedb
  4. #e1e2f2
  5. #f1f1f9

Shades

#abaedb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #abaedb
  2. #9a9dc5
  3. #898baf
  4. #787a99
  5. #676883
  6. #56576e
  7. #444658
  8. #333442
  9. #22232c
  10. #111116
  11. #000000

Tints

#abaedb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #abaedb
  2. #b3b6df
  3. #bcbee2
  4. #c4c6e6
  5. #cdcee9
  6. #d5d7ed
  7. #dddff1
  8. #e6e7f4
  9. #eeeff8
  10. #f7f7fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#abaedb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #abaedb
  2. #a7a9d2
  3. #a2a5c9
  4. #9ea0c0
  5. #9a9cb7
  6. #9697ae
  7. #9192a4
  8. #8d8e9b
  9. #898992
  10. #848589
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.14:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.81:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b1b1b1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #afb0c3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a2b3dd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a0b0da ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a0b6bd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a6b1dc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a5afda ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a5b3ca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-abaedb {
  color: #abaedb;
}
Background
.bg-abaedb {
  background-color: #abaedb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-abaedb {
  border: 2px solid #abaedb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #abaedb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 171 174 219;
  --color-primary-hsl: 236 40% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-abaedb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #abaedb, #c0abdb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-abaedb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(171 174 219 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 3.86 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.09 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.00 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 10.64 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 11.14 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 11.52 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 12.44 #545124 Inverted #b1b1b1 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#abaedb  rgb(171, 174, 219)  hsl(236, 40%, 76%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#dbd8ab  rgb(219, 216, 171)  hsl(56, 40%, 76%)  Pale Goldenrod
#dbabae  rgb(219, 171, 174)  hsl(356, 40%, 76%)  Pastel Pink
#aedbab  rgb(174, 219, 171)  hsl(116, 40%, 76%)  Celadon