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#ABB9DC

#abb9dc ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#abb9dc is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.06% red, 72.55% green and 86.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 22.27% cyan, 15.91% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 222.86°, with 41.18% saturation and 76.67% 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 10.7:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 3.35.

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Web safe#99cccc
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Relative luminance0.4852

Complementary

  1. #abb9dc
  2. #dcceab

Split complementary

  1. #abb9dc
  2. #dcb6ab
  3. #d2dcab

Analogous

  1. #abd2dc
  2. #abb9dc
  3. #b6abdc

Triadic

  1. #abb9dc
  2. #dcabb9
  3. #b9dcab

Tetradic

  1. #abb9dc
  2. #ceabdc
  3. #dcceab
  4. #b9dcab

Square

  1. #abb9dc
  2. #dcabd2
  3. #dcceab
  4. #abdcb6

Monochromatic

  1. #4662a8
  2. #758cc6
  3. #abb9dc
  4. #e1e6f3
  5. #f1f3f9

Shades

#abb9dc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #abb9dc
  2. #9aa7c6
  3. #8994b0
  4. #78829a
  5. #676f84
  6. #565d6e
  7. #444a58
  8. #333842
  9. #22252c
  10. #111316
  11. #000000

Tints

#abb9dc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #abb9dc
  2. #b3c0e0
  3. #bcc7e3
  4. #c4cee7
  5. #cdd5ea
  6. #d5dcee
  7. #dde3f1
  8. #e6eaf5
  9. #eef1f8
  10. #f7f8fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#abb9dc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #abb9dc
  2. #a7b3d3
  3. #a2aeca
  4. #9ea8c0
  5. #9aa2b7
  6. #969dae
  7. #9197a5
  8. #8d919c
  9. #898b92
  10. #848689
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.96:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b9b9b9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b4b9c8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #afbbde ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aab7db ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9fc0c4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #adbadd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #abb8db ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a4bdce ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-abb9dc {
  color: #abb9dc;
}
Background
.bg-abb9dc {
  background-color: #abb9dc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-abb9dc {
  border: 2px solid #abb9dc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #abb9dc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 171 185 220;
  --color-primary-hsl: 223 41% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-abb9dc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #abb9dc, #b6abdc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-abb9dc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(171 185 220 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 3.35 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 5.09 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.07 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 10.52 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 11.84 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 12.46 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 12.47 #544623 Inverted #b9b9b9 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#abb9dc  rgb(171, 185, 220)  hsl(223, 41%, 77%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#dcceab  rgb(220, 206, 171)  hsl(43, 41%, 77%)  Wheat
#dcabb9  rgb(220, 171, 185)  hsl(343, 41%, 77%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#b9dcab  rgb(185, 220, 171)  hsl(103, 41%, 77%)  Celadon