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#ADAEF1

#adaef1 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#adaef1 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.84% red, 68.24% green and 94.51% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 28.22% cyan, 27.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 5.49% black. Its hue angle is 239.12°, with 70.83% saturation and 81.18% 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 10.1:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 6.48.

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Relative luminance0.4551

Complementary

  1. #adaef1
  2. #f1f0ad

Split complementary

  1. #adaef1
  2. #f1cead
  3. #d0f1ad

Analogous

  1. #add0f1
  2. #adaef1
  3. #ceadf1

Triadic

  1. #adaef1
  2. #f1adae
  3. #aef1ad

Tetradic

  1. #adaef1
  2. #f0adf1
  3. #f1f0ad
  4. #aef1ad

Square

  1. #adaef1
  2. #f1add0
  3. #f1f0ad
  4. #adf1ce

Monochromatic

  1. #2a2ddb
  2. #6c6de6
  3. #adaef1
  4. #eeeefc
  5. #eeeefc

Shades

#adaef1 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #adaef1
  2. #9c9dd9
  3. #8a8bc1
  4. #797aa9
  5. #686891
  6. #575779
  7. #454660
  8. #343448
  9. #232330
  10. #111118
  11. #000000

Tints

#adaef1 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #adaef1
  2. #b5b6f2
  3. #bdbef4
  4. #c6c6f5
  5. #cecef7
  6. #d6d7f8
  7. #dedff9
  8. #e6e7fb
  9. #efeffc
  10. #f7f7fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#adaef1 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #adaef1
  2. #a9a9e6
  3. #a4a5da
  4. #a0a0cf
  5. #9b9cc4
  6. #9797b9
  7. #9292ad
  8. #8e8ea2
  9. #898997
  10. #85858b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.08:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.1:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b4b4b4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b1b1cf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9bb6f4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #99b2ef ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9dbac6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a3b3f3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a1b0f0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a3b5d8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-adaef1 {
  color: #adaef1;
}
Background
.bg-adaef1 {
  background-color: #adaef1;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-adaef1 {
  border: 2px solid #adaef1;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #adaef1;
  --color-primary-rgb: 173 174 241;
  --color-primary-hsl: 239 71% 81%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-adaef1 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #adaef1, #ceadf1);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-adaef1 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(173 174 241 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.48 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.19 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.60 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 11.41 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 11.49 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 13.40 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 14.03 #52510e Inverted #b4b4b4 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#adaef1  rgb(173, 174, 241)  hsl(239, 71%, 81%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#f1f0ad  rgb(241, 240, 173)  hsl(59, 71%, 81%)  Pale Goldenrod
#f1adae  rgb(241, 173, 174)  hsl(359, 71%, 81%)  Pastel Pink
#aef1ad  rgb(174, 241, 173)  hsl(119, 71%, 81%)  Granny Smith Apple