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#ADAACE

#adaace ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#adaace is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.84% red, 66.67% green and 80.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 16.02% cyan, 17.48% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 245°, with 26.87% saturation and 73.73% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.42:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 5.34.

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Relative luminance0.4209

Complementary

  1. #adaace
  2. #cbceaa

Split complementary

  1. #adaace
  2. #cebfaa
  3. #b9ceaa

Analogous

  1. #aab9ce
  2. #adaace
  3. #bfaace

Triadic

  1. #adaace
  2. #ceadaa
  3. #aacead

Tetradic

  1. #adaace
  2. #ceaacb
  3. #cbceaa
  4. #aacead

Square

  1. #adaace
  2. #ceaab9
  3. #cbceaa
  4. #aacebf

Monochromatic

  1. #57528d
  2. #7e79b2
  3. #adaace
  4. #dcdbea
  5. #f3f2f8

Shades

#adaace mixed progressively with black.

  1. #adaace
  2. #9c99b9
  3. #8a88a5
  4. #797790
  5. #68667c
  6. #575567
  7. #454452
  8. #34333e
  9. #232229
  10. #111115
  11. #000000

Tints

#adaace mixed progressively with white.

  1. #adaace
  2. #b5b3d3
  3. #bdbbd8
  4. #c6c4dd
  5. #cecce2
  6. #d6d5e7
  7. #deddeb
  8. #e6e6f0
  9. #efeef5
  10. #f7f7fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#adaace mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #adaace
  2. #a9a6c6
  3. #a4a2be
  4. #a09db7
  5. #9b99af
  6. #9795a7
  7. #92919f
  8. #8e8d97
  9. #898890
  10. #858488
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.23:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.42:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aeaeae ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #adacbb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a2aed0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a1adcd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a6b0b6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a6adcf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a6accd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a9adc0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-adaace {
  color: #adaace;
}
Background
.bg-adaace {
  background-color: #adaace;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-adaace {
  border: 2px solid #adaace;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #adaace;
  --color-primary-rgb: 173 170 206;
  --color-primary-hsl: 245 27% 74%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-adaace {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #adaace, #bfaace);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-adaace {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(173 170 206 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 5.34 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 8.23 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 9.52 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 9.76 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 9.83 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 10.22 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 10.38 #525531 Inverted #aeaeae Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#adaace  rgb(173, 170, 206)  hsl(245, 27%, 74%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#cbceaa  rgb(203, 206, 170)  hsl(65, 27%, 74%)  Sage
#ceadaa  rgb(206, 173, 170)  hsl(5, 27%, 74%)  Silver Pink
#aacead  rgb(170, 206, 173)  hsl(125, 27%, 74%)  Celadon