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#A6ADBE

#a6adbe ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#a6adbe is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.1% red, 67.84% green and 74.51% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 12.63% cyan, 8.95% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.49% black. Its hue angle is 222.5°, with 15.58% saturation and 69.8% 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 9.34:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 6.09.

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Relative luminance0.4171

Complementary

  1. #a6adbe
  2. #beb7a6

Split complementary

  1. #a6adbe
  2. #beaba6
  3. #b9bea6

Analogous

  1. #a6b9be
  2. #a6adbe
  3. #aba6be

Triadic

  1. #a6adbe
  2. #bea6ad
  3. #adbea6

Tetradic

  1. #a6adbe
  2. #b7a6be
  3. #beb7a6
  4. #adbea6

Square

  1. #a6adbe
  2. #bea6b9
  3. #beb7a6
  4. #a6beab

Monochromatic

  1. #565f75
  2. #7a849e
  3. #a6adbe
  4. #d2d6de
  5. #f3f4f6

Shades

#a6adbe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a6adbe
  2. #959cab
  3. #858a98
  4. #747985
  5. #646872
  6. #53575f
  7. #42454c
  8. #323439
  9. #212326
  10. #111113
  11. #000000

Tints

#a6adbe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a6adbe
  2. #afb5c5
  3. #b8bdcb
  4. #c1c6d2
  5. #caced8
  6. #d3d6df
  7. #dbdee5
  8. #e4e6ec
  9. #edeff2
  10. #f6f7f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a6adbe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a6adbe
  2. #a2a9b8
  3. #9ea4b2
  4. #9ba0ab
  5. #979ba5
  6. #93979f
  7. #8f9299
  8. #8b8e93
  9. #88898c
  10. #848586
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.25:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.34:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #adadad ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aaadb4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a8aebf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a6acbe ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a1b0b2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a7aebf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a6acbe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a3afb7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a6adbe {
  color: #a6adbe;
}
Background
.bg-a6adbe {
  background-color: #a6adbe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a6adbe {
  border: 2px solid #a6adbe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a6adbe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 166 173 190;
  --color-primary-hsl: 223 16% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a6adbe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a6adbe, #aba6be);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a6adbe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(166 173 190 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.09 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.49 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 7.99 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 7.99 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 8.93 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 9.46 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 10.55 #595241 Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#a6adbe  rgb(166, 173, 190)  hsl(223, 16%, 70%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#beb7a6  rgb(190, 183, 166)  hsl(43, 16%, 70%)  Silver
#bea6ad  rgb(190, 166, 173)  hsl(343, 16%, 70%)  Silver Pink
#adbea6  rgb(173, 190, 166)  hsl(103, 16%, 70%)  Ash Gray