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#ADA8E2

#ada8e2 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#ada8e2 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.84% red, 65.88% green and 88.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 23.45% cyan, 25.66% magenta, 0% yellow and 11.37% black. Its hue angle is 245.17°, with 50% saturation and 77.25% 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 9.48:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 6.32.

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Relative luminance0.4238

Complementary

  1. #ada8e2
  2. #dde2a8

Split complementary

  1. #ada8e2
  2. #e2caa8
  3. #c0e2a8

Analogous

  1. #a8c0e2
  2. #ada8e2
  3. #caa8e2

Triadic

  1. #ada8e2
  2. #e2ada8
  3. #a8e2ad

Tetradic

  1. #ada8e2
  2. #e2a8dd
  3. #dde2a8
  4. #a8e2ad

Square

  1. #ada8e2
  2. #e2a8c0
  3. #dde2a8
  4. #a8e2ca

Monochromatic

  1. #473cb5
  2. #776fcf
  3. #ada8e2
  4. #e3e1f5
  5. #f1f0fa

Shades

#ada8e2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ada8e2
  2. #9c97cb
  3. #8a86b5
  4. #79769e
  5. #686588
  6. #575471
  7. #45435a
  8. #343244
  9. #23222d
  10. #111117
  11. #000000

Tints

#ada8e2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ada8e2
  2. #b5b1e5
  3. #bdb9e8
  4. #c6c2eb
  5. #cecbee
  6. #d6d4f1
  7. #dedcf3
  8. #e6e5f6
  9. #efeef9
  10. #f7f6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ada8e2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ada8e2
  2. #a9a4d8
  3. #a4a0ce
  4. #a09cc5
  5. #9b98bb
  6. #9794b1
  7. #9290a7
  8. #8e8c9d
  9. #898894
  10. #85848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.22:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.48:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aeaeae ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aeacc5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #99afe4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #99ade0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a1b2bc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a2ade3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a1abe1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a6aecc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ada8e2 {
  color: #ada8e2;
}
Background
.bg-ada8e2 {
  background-color: #ada8e2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ada8e2 {
  border: 2px solid #ada8e2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ada8e2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 173 168 226;
  --color-primary-hsl: 245 50% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ada8e2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ada8e2, #caa8e2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ada8e2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(173 168 226 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.32 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 9.01 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 9.09 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 10.67 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 11.58 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 11.62 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 11.71 #52571d Inverted #aeaeae Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#ada8e2  rgb(173, 168, 226)  hsl(245, 50%, 77%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#dde2a8  rgb(221, 226, 168)  hsl(65, 50%, 77%)  Pale Goldenrod
#e2ada8  rgb(226, 173, 168)  hsl(5, 50%, 77%)  Pastel Pink
#a8e2ad  rgb(168, 226, 173)  hsl(125, 50%, 77%)  Celadon