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#ABA8EA

#aba8ea ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#aba8ea is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.06% red, 65.88% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 26.92% cyan, 28.21% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 242.73°, with 61.11% saturation and 78.82% 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 9.52:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 6.54.

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Relative luminance0.426

Complementary

  1. #aba8ea
  2. #e7eaa8

Split complementary

  1. #aba8ea
  2. #eacca8
  3. #c6eaa8

Analogous

  1. #a8c6ea
  2. #aba8ea
  3. #cca8ea

Triadic

  1. #aba8ea
  2. #eaaba8
  3. #a8eaab

Tetradic

  1. #aba8ea
  2. #eaa8e7
  3. #e7eaa8
  4. #a8eaab

Square

  1. #aba8ea
  2. #eaa8c6
  3. #e7eaa8
  4. #a8eacc

Monochromatic

  1. #3730c9
  2. #6f6adb
  3. #aba8ea
  4. #e6e6f9
  5. #efeffb

Shades

#aba8ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aba8ea
  2. #9a97d3
  3. #8986bb
  4. #7876a4
  5. #67658c
  6. #565475
  7. #44435e
  8. #333246
  9. #22222f
  10. #111117
  11. #000000

Tints

#aba8ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aba8ea
  2. #b3b1ec
  3. #bcb9ee
  4. #c4c2f0
  5. #cdcbf2
  6. #d5d4f5
  7. #dddcf7
  8. #e6e5f9
  9. #eeeefb
  10. #f7f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aba8ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aba8ea
  2. #a7a4df
  3. #a2a0d5
  4. #9e9cca
  5. #9a98c0
  6. #9694b5
  7. #9190aa
  8. #8d8ca0
  9. #898895
  10. #84848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.21:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.52:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #adacc9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #96b0ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #95ade8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9cb4bf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9fadec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9eabe9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a2afd2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aba8ea {
  color: #aba8ea;
}
Background
.bg-aba8ea {
  background-color: #aba8ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aba8ea {
  border: 2px solid #aba8ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aba8ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 171 168 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 243 61% 79%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aba8ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aba8ea, #cca8ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aba8ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(171 168 234 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.54 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 9.37 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 10.17 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.76 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 11.09 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 12.37 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 13.26 #545715 Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#aba8ea  rgb(171, 168, 234)  hsl(243, 61%, 79%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#e7eaa8  rgb(231, 234, 168)  hsl(63, 61%, 79%)  Pale Goldenrod
#eaaba8  rgb(234, 171, 168)  hsl(3, 61%, 79%)  Pastel Pink
#a8eaab  rgb(168, 234, 171)  hsl(123, 61%, 79%)  Granny Smith Apple