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#ABB5ED

#abb5ed ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#abb5ed is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.06% red, 70.98% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 27.85% cyan, 23.63% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 230.91°, with 64.71% saturation and 80% 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 10.56:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 5.27.

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Web safe#99ccff
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Relative luminance0.4782

Complementary

  1. #abb5ed
  2. #ede3ab

Split complementary

  1. #abb5ed
  2. #edc2ab
  3. #d6edab

Analogous

  1. #abd6ed
  2. #abb5ed
  3. #c2abed

Triadic

  1. #abb5ed
  2. #edabb5
  3. #b5edab

Tetradic

  1. #abb5ed
  2. #e3abed
  3. #ede3ab
  4. #b5edab

Square

  1. #abb5ed
  2. #edabd6
  3. #ede3ab
  4. #abedc2

Monochromatic

  1. #2d46d2
  2. #6c7de0
  3. #abb5ed
  4. #eaecfb
  5. #eef0fb

Shades

#abb5ed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #abb5ed
  2. #9aa3d5
  3. #8991be
  4. #787fa6
  5. #676d8e
  6. #565b77
  7. #44485f
  8. #333647
  9. #22242f
  10. #111218
  11. #000000

Tints

#abb5ed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #abb5ed
  2. #b3bcef
  3. #bcc4f1
  4. #c4cbf2
  5. #cdd3f4
  6. #d5daf6
  7. #dde1f8
  8. #e6e9fa
  9. #eef0fb
  10. #f7f8fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#abb5ed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #abb5ed
  2. #a7b0e2
  3. #a2aad7
  4. #9ea5cc
  5. #9aa0c1
  6. #969bb7
  7. #9195ac
  8. #8d90a1
  9. #898b96
  10. #84858b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.99:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.56:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b8b8b8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b3b7cf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a5bbef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a1b6ec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9abfc8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a7b8ee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a5b5ec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a1bbd8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-abb5ed {
  color: #abb5ed;
}
Background
.bg-abb5ed {
  background-color: #abb5ed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-abb5ed {
  border: 2px solid #abb5ed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #abb5ed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 171 181 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 231 65% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-abb5ed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #abb5ed, #c2abed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-abb5ed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(171 181 237 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 5.27 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 7.12 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 8.27 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 13.18 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 13.25 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 13.26 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 13.36 #544a12 Inverted #b8b8b8 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#abb5ed  rgb(171, 181, 237)  hsl(231, 65%, 80%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#ede3ab  rgb(237, 227, 171)  hsl(51, 65%, 80%)  Vanilla
#edabb5  rgb(237, 171, 181)  hsl(351, 65%, 80%)  Light Pink
#b5edab  rgb(181, 237, 171)  hsl(111, 65%, 80%)  Granny Smith Apple