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#AAB4CD

#aab4cd ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#aab4cd is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 70.59% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 17.07% cyan, 12.2% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 222.86°, with 25.93% saturation and 73.53% 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 10.12:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 3.7.

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Web safe#99cccc
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Relative luminance0.456

Complementary

  1. #aab4cd
  2. #cdc3aa

Split complementary

  1. #aab4cd
  2. #cdb2aa
  3. #c6cdaa

Analogous

  1. #aac6cd
  2. #aab4cd
  3. #b2aacd

Triadic

  1. #aab4cd
  2. #cdaab4
  3. #b4cdaa

Tetradic

  1. #aab4cd
  2. #c3aacd
  3. #cdc3aa
  4. #b4cdaa

Square

  1. #aab4cd
  2. #cdaac6
  3. #cdc3aa
  4. #aacdb2

Monochromatic

  1. #52638c
  2. #7a89b1
  3. #aab4cd
  4. #dadfe9
  5. #f2f4f7

Shades

#aab4cd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aab4cd
  2. #99a2b9
  3. #8890a4
  4. #777e90
  5. #666c7b
  6. #555a67
  7. #444852
  8. #33363e
  9. #222429
  10. #111215
  11. #000000

Tints

#aab4cd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aab4cd
  2. #b3bcd2
  3. #bbc3d7
  4. #c4cbdc
  5. #ccd2e1
  6. #d5dae6
  7. #dde1eb
  8. #e6e9f0
  9. #eef0f5
  10. #f7f8fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aab4cd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aab4cd
  2. #a6afc5
  3. #a2aabe
  4. #9da4b6
  5. #999fae
  6. #959aa7
  7. #91959f
  8. #8d9097
  9. #888a8f
  10. #848588
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.08:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.12:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b4b4b4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b0b4be ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #adb6ce ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aab3cc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a2b9bc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #acb5ce ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aab3cd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a5b7c3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aab4cd {
  color: #aab4cd;
}
Background
.bg-aab4cd {
  background-color: #aab4cd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aab4cd {
  border: 2px solid #aab4cd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aab4cd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 180 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 223 26% 74%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aab4cd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aab4cd, #b2aacd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aab4cd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 180 205 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 3.70 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 5.42 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 10.16 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 10.37 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 10.52 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 11.06 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 11.10 #554b32 Inverted #b4b4b4 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#aab4cd  rgb(170, 180, 205)  hsl(223, 26%, 74%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#cdc3aa  rgb(205, 195, 170)  hsl(43, 26%, 74%)  Bone
#cdaab4  rgb(205, 170, 180)  hsl(343, 26%, 74%)  Silver Pink
#b4cdaa  rgb(180, 205, 170)  hsl(103, 26%, 74%)  Celadon