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#ABAEC7

#abaec7 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#abaec7 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.06% red, 68.24% green and 78.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 14.07% cyan, 12.56% magenta, 0% yellow and 21.96% black. Its hue angle is 233.57°, with 20% saturation and 72.55% 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 9.61:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 4.11.

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Relative luminance0.4305

Complementary

  1. #abaec7
  2. #c7c4ab

Split complementary

  1. #abaec7
  2. #c7b6ab
  3. #bcc7ab

Analogous

  1. #abbcc7
  2. #abaec7
  3. #b6abc7

Triadic

  1. #abaec7
  2. #c7abae
  3. #aec7ab

Tetradic

  1. #abaec7
  2. #c4abc7
  3. #c7c4ab
  4. #aec7ab

Square

  1. #abaec7
  2. #c7abbc
  3. #c7c4ab
  4. #abc7b6

Monochromatic

  1. #575b82
  2. #7d82a8
  3. #abaec7
  4. #d9dae6
  5. #f3f3f7

Shades

#abaec7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #abaec7
  2. #9a9db3
  3. #898b9f
  4. #787a8b
  5. #676877
  6. #565764
  7. #444650
  8. #33343c
  9. #222328
  10. #111114
  11. #000000

Tints

#abaec7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #abaec7
  2. #b3b6cd
  3. #bcbed2
  4. #c4c6d8
  5. #cdcedd
  6. #d5d7e3
  7. #dddfe9
  8. #e6e7ee
  9. #eeeff4
  10. #f7f7f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#abaec7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #abaec7
  2. #a7a9c0
  3. #a2a5b9
  4. #9ea0b2
  5. #9a9cab
  6. #9697a4
  7. #91929c
  8. #8d8e95
  9. #89898e
  10. #848587
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.19:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.61:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aeafb9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a8b0c8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a6aec6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a5b2b6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a9afc8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a8aec7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a7b1bd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-abaec7 {
  color: #abaec7;
}
Background
.bg-abaec7 {
  background-color: #abaec7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-abaec7 {
  border: 2px solid #abaec7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #abaec7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 171 174 199;
  --color-primary-hsl: 234 20% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-abaec7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #abaec7, #b6abc7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-abaec7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(171 174 199 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 4.11 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 8.71 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 8.77 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 9.95 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 10.25 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 10.38 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 11.00 #545138 Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#abaec7  rgb(171, 174, 199)  hsl(234, 20%, 73%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#c7c4ab  rgb(199, 196, 171)  hsl(54, 20%, 73%)  Sage
#c7abae  rgb(199, 171, 174)  hsl(354, 20%, 73%)  Silver Pink
#aec7ab  rgb(174, 199, 171)  hsl(114, 20%, 73%)  Dark Sea Green