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#ABAEDC

#abaedc ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#abaedc 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 86.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 22.27% cyan, 20.91% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 236.33°, with 41.18% saturation and 76.67% 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 9.82:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 3.97.

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Relative luminance0.441

Complementary

  1. #abaedc
  2. #dcd9ab

Split complementary

  1. #abaedc
  2. #dcc1ab
  3. #c7dcab

Analogous

  1. #abc7dc
  2. #abaedc
  3. #c1abdc

Triadic

  1. #abaedc
  2. #dcabae
  3. #aedcab

Tetradic

  1. #abaedc
  2. #d9abdc
  3. #dcd9ab
  4. #aedcab

Square

  1. #abaedc
  2. #dcabc7
  3. #dcd9ab
  4. #abdcc1

Monochromatic

  1. #464ca8
  2. #757ac6
  3. #abaedc
  4. #e1e2f3
  5. #f1f1f9

Shades

#abaedc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #abaedc
  2. #9a9dc6
  3. #898bb0
  4. #787a9a
  5. #676884
  6. #56576e
  7. #444658
  8. #333442
  9. #22232c
  10. #111116
  11. #000000

Tints

#abaedc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #abaedc
  2. #b3b6e0
  3. #bcbee3
  4. #c4c6e7
  5. #cdceea
  6. #d5d7ee
  7. #dddff1
  8. #e6e7f5
  9. #eeeff8
  10. #f7f7fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#abaedc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #abaedc
  2. #a7a9d3
  3. #a2a5ca
  4. #9ea0c0
  5. #9a9cb7
  6. #9697ae
  7. #9192a5
  8. #8d8e9c
  9. #898992
  10. #848589
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.14:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.82:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b1b1b1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #afb0c4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a2b3de ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a0b0db ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a0b6be ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a6b1dd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a4afdb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a4b3ca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-abaedc {
  color: #abaedc;
}
Background
.bg-abaedc {
  background-color: #abaedc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-abaedc {
  border: 2px solid #abaedc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #abaedc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 171 174 220;
  --color-primary-hsl: 236 41% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-abaedc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #abaedc, #c1abdc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-abaedc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(171 174 220 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 3.97 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.04 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.01 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 10.76 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 11.11 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 11.67 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 12.50 #545123 Inverted #b1b1b1 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#abaedc  rgb(171, 174, 220)  hsl(236, 41%, 77%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#dcd9ab  rgb(220, 217, 171)  hsl(56, 41%, 77%)  Pale Goldenrod
#dcabae  rgb(220, 171, 174)  hsl(356, 41%, 77%)  Pastel Pink
#aedcab  rgb(174, 220, 171)  hsl(116, 41%, 77%)  Celadon