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#ABAFFE

#abaffe ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#abaffe 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, 68.63% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 32.68% cyan, 31.1% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 237.11°, with 97.65% saturation and 83.33% 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 10.29:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 7.81.

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Relative luminance0.4647

Complementary

  1. #abaffe
  2. #fefaab

Split complementary

  1. #abaffe
  2. #fed0ab
  3. #d8feab

Analogous

  1. #abd8fe
  2. #abaffe
  3. #d0abfe

Triadic

  1. #abaffe
  2. #feabaf
  3. #affeab

Tetradic

  1. #abaffe
  2. #faabfe
  3. #fefaab
  4. #affeab

Square

  1. #abaffe
  2. #feabd8
  3. #fefaab
  4. #abfed0

Monochromatic

  1. #141ffc
  2. #5f67fd
  3. #abaffe
  4. #ebecff
  5. #ebecff

Shades

#abaffe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #abaffe
  2. #9a9ee5
  3. #898ccb
  4. #787bb2
  5. #676998
  6. #56587f
  7. #444666
  8. #33354c
  9. #222333
  10. #111219
  11. #000000

Tints

#abaffe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #abaffe
  2. #b3b7fe
  3. #bcbffe
  4. #c4c7fe
  5. #cdcffe
  6. #d5d7ff
  7. #dddfff
  8. #e6e7ff
  9. #eeefff
  10. #f7f7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#abaffe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #abaffe
  2. #a7aaf1
  3. #a2a6e5
  4. #9ea1d8
  5. #9a9ccc
  6. #9698bf
  7. #9193b2
  8. #8d8ea6
  9. #898999
  10. #84858d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.04:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.29:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b5b5b5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b1b3d6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #97b8ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #93b3fc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #95becb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9fb5ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9db1fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9eb8e1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-abaffe {
  color: #abaffe;
}
Background
.bg-abaffe {
  background-color: #abaffe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-abaffe {
  border: 2px solid #abaffe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #abaffe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 171 175 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 237 98% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-abaffe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #abaffe, #d0abfe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-abaffe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(171 175 254 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.81 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.00 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 9.19 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 12.57 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 12.75 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 13.25 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 13.27 #545001 Inverted #b5b5b5 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#abaffe  rgb(171, 175, 254)  hsl(237, 98%, 83%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#fefaab  rgb(254, 250, 171)  hsl(57, 98%, 83%)  Pastel Yellow
#feabaf  rgb(254, 171, 175)  hsl(357, 98%, 83%)  Light Pink
#affeab  rgb(175, 254, 171)  hsl(117, 98%, 83%)  Pale Green