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#ABAEDE

#abaede ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#abaede 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 87.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 22.97% cyan, 21.62% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 236.47°, with 43.59% saturation and 77.06% 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 9.84:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 4.18.

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Relative luminance0.442

Complementary

  1. #abaede
  2. #dedbab

Split complementary

  1. #abaede
  2. #dec2ab
  3. #c8deab

Analogous

  1. #abc8de
  2. #abaede
  3. #c2abde

Triadic

  1. #abaede
  2. #deabae
  3. #aedeab

Tetradic

  1. #abaede
  2. #dbabde
  3. #dedbab
  4. #aedeab

Square

  1. #abaede
  2. #deabc8
  3. #dedbab
  4. #abdec2

Monochromatic

  1. #444aac
  2. #7479c8
  3. #abaede
  4. #e2e3f4
  5. #f0f1f9

Shades

#abaede mixed progressively with black.

  1. #abaede
  2. #9a9dc8
  3. #898bb2
  4. #787a9b
  5. #676885
  6. #56576f
  7. #444659
  8. #333443
  9. #22232c
  10. #111116
  11. #000000

Tints

#abaede mixed progressively with white.

  1. #abaede
  2. #b3b6e1
  3. #bcbee5
  4. #c4c6e8
  5. #cdceeb
  6. #d5d7ef
  7. #dddff2
  8. #e6e7f5
  9. #eeeff8
  10. #f7f7fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#abaede mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #abaede
  2. #a7a9d5
  3. #a2a5cb
  4. #9ea0c2
  5. #9a9cb8
  6. #9697af
  7. #9192a6
  8. #8d8e9c
  9. #898993
  10. #848589
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.13:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.84:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b1b1b1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #afb0c5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a1b3e0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9fb0dd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9fb6be ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a5b1df ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a4afdd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a4b3cc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-abaede {
  color: #abaede;
}
Background
.bg-abaede {
  background-color: #abaede;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-abaede {
  border: 2px solid #abaede;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #abaede;
  --color-primary-rgb: 171 174 222;
  --color-primary-hsl: 236 44% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-abaede {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #abaede, #c2abde);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-abaede {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(171 174 222 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 4.18 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 7.96 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.02 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 11.02 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 11.08 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 11.99 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 12.37 #545121 Inverted #b1b1b1 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#abaede  rgb(171, 174, 222)  hsl(236, 44%, 77%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#dedbab  rgb(222, 219, 171)  hsl(56, 44%, 77%)  Pale Goldenrod
#deabae  rgb(222, 171, 174)  hsl(356, 44%, 77%)  Pastel Pink
#aedeab  rgb(174, 222, 171)  hsl(116, 44%, 77%)  Celadon