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#ADA9C7

#ada9c7 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#ada9c7 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.84% red, 66.27% green and 78.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 13.07% cyan, 15.08% magenta, 0% yellow and 21.96% black. Its hue angle is 248°, with 21.13% saturation and 72.16% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.28:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 6.01.

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Relative luminance0.4138

Complementary

  1. #ada9c7
  2. #c3c7a9

Split complementary

  1. #ada9c7
  2. #c7bca9
  3. #b4c7a9

Analogous

  1. #a9b4c7
  2. #ada9c7
  3. #bca9c7

Triadic

  1. #ada9c7
  2. #c7ada9
  3. #a9c7ad

Tetradic

  1. #ada9c7
  2. #c7a9c3
  3. #c3c7a9
  4. #a9c7ad

Square

  1. #ada9c7
  2. #c7a9b4
  3. #c3c7a9
  4. #a9c7bc

Monochromatic

  1. #5b5582
  2. #817ba9
  3. #ada9c7
  4. #d9d7e5
  5. #f3f3f7

Shades

#ada9c7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ada9c7
  2. #9c98b3
  3. #8a879f
  4. #79768b
  5. #686577
  6. #575564
  7. #454450
  8. #34333c
  9. #232228
  10. #111114
  11. #000000

Tints

#ada9c7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ada9c7
  2. #b5b2cd
  3. #bdbad2
  4. #c6c3d8
  5. #cecbdd
  6. #d6d4e3
  7. #dedde9
  8. #e6e5ee
  9. #efeef4
  10. #f7f6f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ada9c7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ada9c7
  2. #a9a5c0
  3. #a4a1b9
  4. #a09db2
  5. #9b99ab
  6. #9795a4
  7. #92909c
  8. #8e8c95
  9. #89888e
  10. #858487
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.26:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.28:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #acacac ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #adabb8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a3adc8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a3acc6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a8aeb3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a7abc8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a7abc6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aaacbb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ada9c7 {
  color: #ada9c7;
}
Background
.bg-ada9c7 {
  background-color: #ada9c7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ada9c7 {
  border: 2px solid #ada9c7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ada9c7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 173 169 199;
  --color-primary-hsl: 248 21% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ada9c7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ada9c7, #bca9c7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ada9c7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(173 169 199 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.01 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 7.05 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 8.28 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 9.00 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 10.17 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 10.25 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 10.28 #525638 Inverted #acacac Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#ada9c7  rgb(173, 169, 199)  hsl(248, 21%, 72%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#c3c7a9  rgb(195, 199, 169)  hsl(68, 21%, 72%)  Sage
#c7ada9  rgb(199, 173, 169)  hsl(8, 21%, 72%)  Silver Pink
#a9c7ad  rgb(169, 199, 173)  hsl(128, 21%, 72%)  Opal