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#ADB9F5

#adb9f5 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#adb9f5 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.84% red, 72.55% green and 96.08% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 29.39% cyan, 24.49% magenta, 0% yellow and 3.92% black. Its hue angle is 230°, with 78.26% saturation and 81.96% 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 11.03:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 6.41.

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Web safe#99ccff
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Relative luminance0.5017

Complementary

  1. #adb9f5
  2. #f5e9ad

Split complementary

  1. #adb9f5
  2. #f5c5ad
  3. #ddf5ad

Analogous

  1. #adddf5
  2. #adb9f5
  3. #c5adf5

Triadic

  1. #adb9f5
  2. #f5adb9
  3. #b9f5ad

Tetradic

  1. #adb9f5
  2. #e9adf5
  3. #f5e9ad
  4. #b9f5ad

Square

  1. #adb9f5
  2. #f5addd
  3. #f5e9ad
  4. #adf5c5

Monochromatic

  1. #2545e4
  2. #697fed
  3. #adb9f5
  4. #edeffd
  5. #edeffd

Shades

#adb9f5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #adb9f5
  2. #9ca7dd
  3. #8a94c4
  4. #7982ac
  5. #686f93
  6. #575d7b
  7. #454a62
  8. #34384a
  9. #232531
  10. #111319
  11. #000000

Tints

#adb9f5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #adb9f5
  2. #b5c0f6
  3. #bdc7f7
  4. #c6cef8
  5. #ced5f9
  6. #d6dcfa
  7. #dee3fb
  8. #e6eafc
  9. #eff1fd
  10. #f7f8fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#adb9f5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #adb9f5
  2. #a9b3e9
  3. #a4aede
  4. #a0a8d2
  5. #9ba2c6
  6. #979dbb
  7. #9297af
  8. #8e91a3
  9. #898b97
  10. #85868c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.9:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.03:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bcbcbc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b6bbd5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a7bff8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a2b9f4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9ac4ce ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aabdf7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a7b9f4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a2c0de ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-adb9f5 {
  color: #adb9f5;
}
Background
.bg-adb9f5 {
  background-color: #adb9f5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-adb9f5 {
  border: 2px solid #adb9f5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #adb9f5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 173 185 245;
  --color-primary-hsl: 230 78% 82%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-adb9f5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #adb9f5, #c5adf5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-adb9f5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(173 185 245 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.41 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 6.85 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.84 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 12.50 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 13.16 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 13.73 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 14.22 #52460a Inverted #bcbcbc Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#adb9f5  rgb(173, 185, 245)  hsl(230, 78%, 82%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#f5e9ad  rgb(245, 233, 173)  hsl(50, 78%, 82%)  Vanilla
#f5adb9  rgb(245, 173, 185)  hsl(350, 78%, 82%)  Light Pink
#b9f5ad  rgb(185, 245, 173)  hsl(110, 78%, 82%)  Granny Smith Apple