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#ABBCE3

#abbce3 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#abbce3 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.06% red, 73.73% green and 89.02% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 24.67% cyan, 17.18% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.98% black. Its hue angle is 221.79°, with 50% saturation and 78.04% 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 11.03:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 4.46.

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Relative luminance0.5017

Complementary

  1. #abbce3
  2. #e3d2ab

Split complementary

  1. #abbce3
  2. #e3b6ab
  3. #d8e3ab

Analogous

  1. #abd8e3
  2. #abbce3
  3. #b6abe3

Triadic

  1. #abbce3
  2. #e3abbc
  3. #bce3ab

Tetradic

  1. #abbce3
  2. #d2abe3
  3. #e3d2ab
  4. #bce3ab

Square

  1. #abbce3
  2. #e3abd8
  3. #e3d2ab
  4. #abe3b6

Monochromatic

  1. #3d62b8
  2. #728ed0
  3. #abbce3
  4. #e4eaf6
  5. #f0f3fa

Shades

#abbce3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #abbce3
  2. #9aa9cc
  3. #8996b6
  4. #78849f
  5. #677188
  6. #565e72
  7. #444b5b
  8. #333844
  9. #22262d
  10. #111317
  11. #000000

Tints

#abbce3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #abbce3
  2. #b3c3e6
  3. #bcc9e9
  4. #c4d0eb
  5. #cdd7ee
  6. #d5def1
  7. #dde4f4
  8. #e6ebf7
  9. #eef2f9
  10. #f7f8fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#abbce3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #abbce3
  2. #a7b6d9
  3. #a2b0cf
  4. #9eaac5
  5. #9aa4bb
  6. #969eb2
  7. #9198a8
  8. #8d929e
  9. #898c94
  10. #84868a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.9:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.03:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bcbcbc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b5bccd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b0bfe5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #abbae2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9dc4c9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aebee4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #abbbe2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a3c1d4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-abbce3 {
  color: #abbce3;
}
Background
.bg-abbce3 {
  background-color: #abbce3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-abbce3 {
  border: 2px solid #abbce3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #abbce3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 171 188 227;
  --color-primary-hsl: 222 50% 78%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-abbce3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #abbce3, #b6abe3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-abbce3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(171 188 227 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 4.46 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 4.92 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 7.64 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 10.27 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 12.10 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 12.23 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 12.82 #54431c Inverted #bcbcbc Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#abbce3  rgb(171, 188, 227)  hsl(222, 50%, 78%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#e3d2ab  rgb(227, 210, 171)  hsl(42, 50%, 78%)  Wheat
#e3abbc  rgb(227, 171, 188)  hsl(342, 50%, 78%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#bce3ab  rgb(188, 227, 171)  hsl(102, 50%, 78%)  Celadon