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#ADABE5

#adabe5 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#adabe5 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.84% red, 67.06% green and 89.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 24.45% cyan, 25.33% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.2% black. Its hue angle is 242.07°, with 52.73% saturation and 78.43% 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 9.73:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 5.85.

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Relative luminance0.4367

Complementary

  1. #adabe5
  2. #e3e5ab

Split complementary

  1. #adabe5
  2. #e5caab
  3. #c6e5ab

Analogous

  1. #abc6e5
  2. #adabe5
  3. #caabe5

Triadic

  1. #adabe5
  2. #e5adab
  3. #abe5ad

Tetradic

  1. #adabe5
  2. #e5abe3
  3. #e3e5ab
  4. #abe5ad

Square

  1. #adabe5
  2. #e5abc6
  3. #e3e5ab
  4. #abe5ca

Monochromatic

  1. #3f3abd
  2. #7471d3
  3. #adabe5
  4. #e6e5f7
  5. #f0effa

Shades

#adabe5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #adabe5
  2. #9c9ace
  3. #8a89b7
  4. #7978a0
  5. #686789
  6. #575673
  7. #45445c
  8. #343345
  9. #23222e
  10. #111117
  11. #000000

Tints

#adabe5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #adabe5
  2. #b5b3e8
  3. #bdbcea
  4. #c6c4ed
  5. #cecdef
  6. #d6d5f2
  7. #deddf5
  8. #e6e6f7
  9. #efeefa
  10. #f7f7fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#adabe5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #adabe5
  2. #a9a7db
  3. #a4a2d1
  4. #a09ec7
  5. #9b9abd
  6. #9796b3
  7. #9291a8
  8. #8e8d9e
  9. #898994
  10. #85848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.16:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.73:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b0b0b0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #afaec8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9cb2e8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9aafe3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a0b5bf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a3afe7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a2ade4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a6b1cf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-adabe5 {
  color: #adabe5;
}
Background
.bg-adabe5 {
  background-color: #adabe5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-adabe5 {
  border: 2px solid #adabe5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #adabe5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 173 171 229;
  --color-primary-hsl: 242 53% 78%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-adabe5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #adabe5, #caabe5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-adabe5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(173 171 229 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 5.85 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.39 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 9.87 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.80 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 11.03 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 12.01 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 12.40 #52541a Inverted #b0b0b0 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#adabe5  rgb(173, 171, 229)  hsl(242, 53%, 78%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#e3e5ab  rgb(227, 229, 171)  hsl(62, 53%, 78%)  Pale Goldenrod
#e5adab  rgb(229, 173, 171)  hsl(2, 53%, 78%)  Pastel Pink
#abe5ad  rgb(171, 229, 173)  hsl(122, 53%, 78%)  Celadon