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#ADAEE2

#adaee2 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#adaee2 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 88.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 23.45% cyan, 23.01% magenta, 0% yellow and 11.37% black. Its hue angle is 238.87°, with 47.75% saturation and 78.24% 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 9.93:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 4.98.

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Relative luminance0.4465

Complementary

  1. #adaee2
  2. #e2e1ad

Split complementary

  1. #adaee2
  2. #e2c7ad
  3. #c9e2ad

Analogous

  1. #adc9e2
  2. #adaee2
  3. #c7ade2

Triadic

  1. #adaee2
  2. #e2adae
  3. #aee2ad

Tetradic

  1. #adaee2
  2. #e1ade2
  3. #e2e1ad
  4. #aee2ad

Square

  1. #adaee2
  2. #e2adc9
  3. #e2e1ad
  4. #ade2c7

Monochromatic

  1. #4042b6
  2. #7576ce
  3. #adaee2
  4. #e6e6f6
  5. #f0f0fa

Shades

#adaee2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #adaee2
  2. #9c9dcb
  3. #8a8bb5
  4. #797a9e
  5. #686888
  6. #575771
  7. #45465a
  8. #343444
  9. #23232d
  10. #111117
  11. #000000

Tints

#adaee2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #adaee2
  2. #b5b6e5
  3. #bdbee8
  4. #c6c6eb
  5. #ceceee
  6. #d6d7f1
  7. #dedff3
  8. #e6e7f6
  9. #efeff9
  10. #f7f7fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#adaee2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #adaee2
  2. #a9a9d8
  3. #a4a5ce
  4. #a0a0c5
  5. #9b9cbb
  6. #9797b1
  7. #9292a7
  8. #8e8e9d
  9. #898994
  10. #85858a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.11:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.93:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b2b2b2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b0b1c7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a0b4e4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9fb1e1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a1b7c0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a6b2e3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a5b0e1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a6b3ce ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-adaee2 {
  color: #adaee2;
}
Background
.bg-adaee2 {
  background-color: #adaee2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-adaee2 {
  border: 2px solid #adaee2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #adaee2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 173 174 226;
  --color-primary-hsl: 239 48% 78%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-adaee2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #adaee2, #c7ade2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-adaee2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(173 174 226 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 4.98 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 7.73 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.30 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 10.54 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 11.67 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 11.69 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 12.29 #52511d Inverted #b2b2b2 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#adaee2  rgb(173, 174, 226)  hsl(239, 48%, 78%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#e2e1ad  rgb(226, 225, 173)  hsl(59, 48%, 78%)  Pale Goldenrod
#e2adae  rgb(226, 173, 174)  hsl(359, 48%, 78%)  Pastel Pink
#aee2ad  rgb(174, 226, 173)  hsl(119, 48%, 78%)  Celadon