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#ABAED9

#abaed9 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#abaed9 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 85.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 21.2% cyan, 19.82% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.9% black. Its hue angle is 236.09°, with 37.7% saturation and 76.08% 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 9.79:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 3.66.

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Relative luminance0.4394

Complementary

  1. #abaed9
  2. #d9d6ab

Split complementary

  1. #abaed9
  2. #d9bfab
  3. #c5d9ab

Analogous

  1. #abc5d9
  2. #abaed9
  3. #bfabd9

Triadic

  1. #abaed9
  2. #d9abae
  3. #aed9ab

Tetradic

  1. #abaed9
  2. #d6abd9
  3. #d9d6ab
  4. #aed9ab

Square

  1. #abaed9
  2. #d9abc5
  3. #d9d6ab
  4. #abd9bf

Monochromatic

  1. #494fa2
  2. #767bc1
  3. #abaed9
  4. #e0e1f1
  5. #f1f1f9

Shades

#abaed9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #abaed9
  2. #9a9dc3
  3. #898bae
  4. #787a98
  5. #676882
  6. #56576d
  7. #444657
  8. #333441
  9. #22232b
  10. #111116
  11. #000000

Tints

#abaed9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #abaed9
  2. #b3b6dd
  3. #bcbee1
  4. #c4c6e4
  5. #cdcee8
  6. #d5d7ec
  7. #dddff0
  8. #e6e7f4
  9. #eeeff7
  10. #f7f7fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#abaed9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #abaed9
  2. #a7a9d0
  3. #a2a5c7
  4. #9ea0be
  5. #9a9cb5
  6. #9697ad
  7. #9192a4
  8. #8d8e9b
  9. #898992
  10. #848589
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.15:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.79:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b1b1b1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #afb0c2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a3b3db ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a1b0d8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a1b5bc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a6b1da ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a5afd8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a5b2c8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-abaed9 {
  color: #abaed9;
}
Background
.bg-abaed9 {
  background-color: #abaed9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-abaed9 {
  border: 2px solid #abaed9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #abaed9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 171 174 217;
  --color-primary-hsl: 236 38% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-abaed9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #abaed9, #bfabd9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-abaed9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(171 174 217 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 3.66 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.22 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.96 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 10.38 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 11.22 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 11.22 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 12.13 #545126 Inverted #b1b1b1 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#abaed9  rgb(171, 174, 217)  hsl(236, 38%, 76%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#d9d6ab  rgb(217, 214, 171)  hsl(56, 38%, 76%)  Pale Goldenrod
#d9abae  rgb(217, 171, 174)  hsl(356, 38%, 76%)  Pastel Pink
#aed9ab  rgb(174, 217, 171)  hsl(116, 38%, 76%)  Celadon