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#ADADFF

#adadff ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#adadff is a color from the blue family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.84% red, 67.84% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 32.16% cyan, 32.16% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 240°, with 100% saturation and 83.92% 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 10.2:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 8.12.

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Relative luminance0.4599

Complementary

  1. #adadff
  2. #ffffad

Split complementary

  1. #adadff
  2. #ffd6ad
  3. #d6ffad

Analogous

  1. #add6ff
  2. #adadff
  3. #d6adff

Triadic

  1. #adadff
  2. #ffadad
  3. #adffad

Tetradic

  1. #adadff
  2. #ffadff
  3. #ffffad
  4. #adffad

Square

  1. #adadff
  2. #ffadd6
  3. #ffffad
  4. #adffd6

Monochromatic

  1. #1414ff
  2. #6060ff
  3. #adadff
  4. #ebebff
  5. #ebebff

Shades

#adadff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #adadff
  2. #9c9ce6
  3. #8a8acc
  4. #7979b3
  5. #686899
  6. #575780
  7. #454566
  8. #34344d
  9. #232333
  10. #11111a
  11. #000000

Tints

#adadff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #adadff
  2. #b5b5ff
  3. #bdbdff
  4. #c6c6ff
  5. #ceceff
  6. #d6d6ff
  7. #dedeff
  8. #e6e6ff
  9. #efefff
  10. #f7f7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#adadff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #adadff
  2. #a9a9f2
  3. #a4a4e6
  4. #a0a0d9
  5. #9b9bcc
  6. #9797c0
  7. #9292b3
  8. #8e8ea6
  9. #898999
  10. #85858d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.06:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.2:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b5b5b5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b2b2d6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #95b7ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #91b2fd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #98bccb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9fb3ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9db0fe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a1b6e2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-adadff {
  color: #adadff;
}
Background
.bg-adadff {
  background-color: #adadff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-adadff {
  border: 2px solid #adadff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #adadff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 173 173 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 240 100% 84%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-adadff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #adadff, #d6adff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-adadff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(173 173 255 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.12 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.32 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 9.45 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 11.85 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 12.61 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 12.85 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 13.79 #525200 Inverted #b5b5b5 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#adadff  rgb(173, 173, 255)  hsl(240, 100%, 84%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#ffffad  rgb(255, 255, 173)  hsl(60, 100%, 84%)  Pastel Yellow
#ffadad  rgb(255, 173, 173)  hsl(0, 100%, 84%)  Melon
#adffad  rgb(173, 255, 173)  hsl(120, 100%, 84%)  Pale Green