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#ABAEDF

#abaedf ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#abaedf 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 87.45% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 23.32% cyan, 21.97% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 236.54°, with 44.83% saturation and 77.25% 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 9.85:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 4.29.

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Relative luminance0.4426

Complementary

  1. #abaedf
  2. #dfdcab

Split complementary

  1. #abaedf
  2. #dfc2ab
  3. #c8dfab

Analogous

  1. #abc8df
  2. #abaedf
  3. #c2abdf

Triadic

  1. #abaedf
  2. #dfabae
  3. #aedfab

Tetradic

  1. #abaedf
  2. #dcabdf
  3. #dfdcab
  4. #aedfab

Square

  1. #abaedf
  2. #dfabc8
  3. #dfdcab
  4. #abdfc2

Monochromatic

  1. #4249af
  2. #7479ca
  3. #abaedf
  4. #e2e3f4
  5. #f0f1f9

Shades

#abaedf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #abaedf
  2. #9a9dc9
  3. #898bb2
  4. #787a9c
  5. #676886
  6. #565770
  7. #444659
  8. #333443
  9. #22232d
  10. #111116
  11. #000000

Tints

#abaedf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #abaedf
  2. #b3b6e2
  3. #bcbee5
  4. #c4c6e9
  5. #cdceec
  6. #d5d7ef
  7. #dddff2
  8. #e6e7f5
  9. #eeeff9
  10. #f7f7fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#abaedf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #abaedf
  2. #a7a9d6
  3. #a2a5cc
  4. #9ea0c3
  5. #9a9cb9
  6. #9697b0
  7. #9192a6
  8. #8d8e9d
  9. #898993
  10. #84858a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.13:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.85:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b2b2b2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #afb0c5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a1b3e1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9fb0de ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9fb7bf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a5b1e0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a4afde ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a4b3cc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-abaedf {
  color: #abaedf;
}
Background
.bg-abaedf {
  background-color: #abaedf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-abaedf {
  border: 2px solid #abaedf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #abaedf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 171 174 223;
  --color-primary-hsl: 237 45% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-abaedf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #abaedf, #c2abdf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-abaedf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(171 174 223 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 4.29 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 7.93 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.02 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 11.07 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 11.15 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 12.16 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 12.31 #545120 Inverted #b2b2b2 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#abaedf  rgb(171, 174, 223)  hsl(237, 45%, 77%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#dfdcab  rgb(223, 220, 171)  hsl(57, 45%, 77%)  Pale Goldenrod
#dfabae  rgb(223, 171, 174)  hsl(357, 45%, 77%)  Pastel Pink
#aedfab  rgb(174, 223, 171)  hsl(117, 45%, 77%)  Celadon