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#ACAED3

#acaed3 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#acaed3 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.45% red, 68.24% green and 82.75% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 18.48% cyan, 17.54% magenta, 0% yellow and 17.25% black. Its hue angle is 236.92°, with 30.71% saturation and 75.1% 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 9.75:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 3.59.

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Relative luminance0.4375

Complementary

  1. #acaed3
  2. #d3d1ac

Split complementary

  1. #acaed3
  2. #d3beac
  3. #c2d3ac

Analogous

  1. #acc2d3
  2. #acaed3
  3. #beacd3

Triadic

  1. #acaed3
  2. #d3acae
  3. #aed3ac

Tetradic

  1. #acaed3
  2. #d1acd3
  3. #d3d1ac
  4. #aed3ac

Square

  1. #acaed3
  2. #d3acc2
  3. #d3d1ac
  4. #acd3be

Monochromatic

  1. #505396
  2. #7a7db9
  3. #acaed3
  4. #dedfee
  5. #f2f2f8

Shades

#acaed3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #acaed3
  2. #9b9dbe
  3. #8a8ba9
  4. #787a94
  5. #67687f
  6. #56576a
  7. #454654
  8. #34343f
  9. #22232a
  10. #111115
  11. #000000

Tints

#acaed3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #acaed3
  2. #b4b6d7
  3. #bdbedc
  4. #c5c6e0
  5. #cdcee5
  6. #d6d7e9
  7. #dedfed
  8. #e6e7f2
  9. #eeeff6
  10. #f7f7fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#acaed3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #acaed3
  2. #a8a9cb
  3. #a3a5c2
  4. #9fa0ba
  5. #9a9cb2
  6. #9697aa
  7. #9292a1
  8. #8d8e99
  9. #898991
  10. #848588
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.15:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.75:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b1b1b1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #afb0bf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a5b2d5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a3afd2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a4b4ba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a8b0d4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a7afd2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a7b2c5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-acaed3 {
  color: #acaed3;
}
Background
.bg-acaed3 {
  background-color: #acaed3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-acaed3 {
  border: 2px solid #acaed3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #acaed3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 172 174 211;
  --color-primary-hsl: 237 31% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-acaed3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #acaed3, #beacd3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-acaed3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(172 174 211 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 3.59 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.76 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 9.77 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.95 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 10.17 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 11.05 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 11.43 #53512c Inverted #b1b1b1 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#acaed3  rgb(172, 174, 211)  hsl(237, 31%, 75%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#d3d1ac  rgb(211, 209, 172)  hsl(57, 31%, 75%)  Sage
#d3acae  rgb(211, 172, 174)  hsl(357, 31%, 75%)  Pastel Pink
#aed3ac  rgb(174, 211, 172)  hsl(117, 31%, 75%)  Celadon