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#ADAED0

#adaed0 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#adaed0 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.84% red, 68.24% green and 81.57% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 16.83% cyan, 16.35% magenta, 0% yellow and 18.43% black. Its hue angle is 238.29°, with 27.13% saturation and 74.71% 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 9.74:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 3.94.

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Relative luminance0.4371

Complementary

  1. #adaed0
  2. #d0cfad

Split complementary

  1. #adaed0
  2. #d0bead
  3. #c0d0ad

Analogous

  1. #adc0d0
  2. #adaed0
  3. #beadd0

Triadic

  1. #adaed0
  2. #d0adae
  3. #aed0ad

Tetradic

  1. #adaed0
  2. #cfadd0
  3. #d0cfad
  4. #aed0ad

Square

  1. #adaed0
  2. #d0adc0
  3. #d0cfad
  4. #add0be

Monochromatic

  1. #535591
  2. #7c7eb4
  3. #adaed0
  4. #dedeec
  5. #f2f2f8

Shades

#adaed0 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #adaed0
  2. #9c9dbb
  3. #8a8ba6
  4. #797a92
  5. #68687d
  6. #575768
  7. #454653
  8. #34343e
  9. #23232a
  10. #111115
  11. #000000

Tints

#adaed0 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #adaed0
  2. #b5b6d5
  3. #bdbed9
  4. #c6c6de
  5. #cecee3
  6. #d6d7e8
  7. #dedfec
  8. #e6e7f1
  9. #efeff6
  10. #f7f7fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#adaed0 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #adaed0
  2. #a9a9c8
  3. #a4a5c0
  4. #a0a0b8
  5. #9b9cb0
  6. #9797a8
  7. #9292a0
  8. #8e8e98
  9. #898990
  10. #858588
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.16:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.74:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b1b1b1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #afb0be ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a6b2d2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a5b0cf ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a6b4b9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a9b0d1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a8afcf ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a9b1c3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-adaed0 {
  color: #adaed0;
}
Background
.bg-adaed0 {
  background-color: #adaed0;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-adaed0 {
  border: 2px solid #adaed0;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #adaed0;
  --color-primary-rgb: 173 174 208;
  --color-primary-hsl: 238 27% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-adaed0 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #adaed0, #beadd0);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-adaed0 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(173 174 208 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 3.94 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 9.15 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 9.55 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 9.60 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.06 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 10.45 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 10.79 #52512f Inverted #b1b1b1 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#adaed0  rgb(173, 174, 208)  hsl(238, 27%, 75%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#d0cfad  rgb(208, 207, 173)  hsl(58, 27%, 75%)  Sage
#d0adae  rgb(208, 173, 174)  hsl(358, 27%, 75%)  Silver Pink
#aed0ad  rgb(174, 208, 173)  hsl(118, 27%, 75%)  Celadon