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#ABA9FF

#aba9ff ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#aba9ff is a color from the blue family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.06% red, 66.27% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 32.94% cyan, 33.73% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 241.4°, with 100% saturation and 83.14% 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 8.46.

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Web safe#9999ff
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Relative luminance0.4425

Complementary

  1. #aba9ff
  2. #fdffa9

Split complementary

  1. #aba9ff
  2. #ffd6a9
  3. #d2ffa9

Analogous

  1. #a9d2ff
  2. #aba9ff
  3. #d6a9ff

Triadic

  1. #aba9ff
  2. #ffaba9
  3. #a9ffab

Tetradic

  1. #aba9ff
  2. #ffa9fd
  3. #fdffa9
  4. #a9ffab

Square

  1. #aba9ff
  2. #ffa9d2
  3. #fdffa9
  4. #a9ffd6

Monochromatic

  1. #1610ff
  2. #605dff
  3. #aba9ff
  4. #ebebff
  5. #ebebff

Shades

#aba9ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aba9ff
  2. #9a98e6
  3. #8987cc
  4. #7876b3
  5. #676599
  6. #565580
  7. #444466
  8. #33334d
  9. #222233
  10. #11111a
  11. #000000

Tints

#aba9ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aba9ff
  2. #b3b2ff
  3. #bcbaff
  4. #c4c3ff
  5. #cdcbff
  6. #d5d4ff
  7. #ddddff
  8. #e6e5ff
  9. #eeeeff
  10. #f7f6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aba9ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aba9ff
  2. #a7a5f2
  3. #a2a1e6
  4. #9e9dd9
  5. #9a99cc
  6. #9695c0
  7. #9190b3
  8. #8d8ca6
  9. #898899
  10. #84848d
  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 #afaed5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8fb4ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8caffd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #95b9c8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9bb0ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #99adfe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9eb3e0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aba9ff {
  color: #aba9ff;
}
Background
.bg-aba9ff {
  background-color: #aba9ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aba9ff {
  border: 2px solid #aba9ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aba9ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 171 169 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 241 100% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aba9ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aba9ff, #d6a9ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aba9ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(171 169 255 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.46 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.82 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 10.44 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 11.94 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 12.51 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 13.20 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 13.41 #545600 Inverted #b2b2b2 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#aba9ff  rgb(171, 169, 255)  hsl(241, 100%, 83%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#fdffa9  rgb(253, 255, 169)  hsl(61, 100%, 83%)  Pastel Yellow
#ffaba9  rgb(255, 171, 169)  hsl(1, 100%, 83%)  Melon
#a9ffab  rgb(169, 255, 171)  hsl(121, 100%, 83%)  Pale Green