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#ABABBE

#ababbe ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#ababbe is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.06% red, 67.06% green and 74.51% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 10% cyan, 10% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.49% black. Its hue angle is 240°, with 12.75% saturation and 70.78% 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 9.3:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 6.33.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.415

Complementary

  1. #ababbe
  2. #bebeab

Split complementary

  1. #ababbe
  2. #beb4ab
  3. #b4beab

Analogous

  1. #abb4be
  2. #ababbe
  3. #b4abbe

Triadic

  1. #ababbe
  2. #beabab
  3. #abbeab

Tetradic

  1. #ababbe
  2. #beabbe
  3. #bebeab
  4. #abbeab

Square

  1. #ababbe
  2. #beabb4
  3. #bebeab
  4. #abbeb4

Monochromatic

  1. #5b5b75
  2. #80809d
  3. #ababbe
  4. #d6d6df
  5. #f3f3f6

Shades

#ababbe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ababbe
  2. #9a9aab
  3. #898998
  4. #787885
  5. #676772
  6. #56565f
  7. #44444c
  8. #333339
  9. #222226
  10. #111113
  11. #000000

Tints

#ababbe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ababbe
  2. #b3b3c5
  3. #bcbccb
  4. #c4c4d2
  5. #cdcdd8
  6. #d5d5df
  7. #dddde5
  8. #e6e6ec
  9. #eeeef2
  10. #f7f7f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ababbe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ababbe
  2. #a7a7b8
  3. #a2a2b2
  4. #9e9eab
  5. #9a9aa5
  6. #96969f
  7. #919199
  8. #8d8d93
  9. #89898c
  10. #848486
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.26:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.3:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #acacac ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #acacb4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a7adbf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a6acbd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a7aeb1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a8acbf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a8acbe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a9adb6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ababbe {
  color: #ababbe;
}
Background
.bg-ababbe {
  background-color: #ababbe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ababbe {
  border: 2px solid #ababbe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ababbe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 171 171 190;
  --color-primary-hsl: 240 13% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ababbe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ababbe, #b4abbe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ababbe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(171 171 190 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.33 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 8.58 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 8.71 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 8.80 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 9.00 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 9.00 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.03 #545441 Inverted #acacac Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#ababbe  rgb(171, 171, 190)  hsl(240, 13%, 71%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#bebeab  rgb(190, 190, 171)  hsl(60, 13%, 71%)  Ash Gray
#beabab  rgb(190, 171, 171)  hsl(0, 13%, 71%)  Silver Pink
#abbeab  rgb(171, 190, 171)  hsl(120, 13%, 71%)  Ash Gray