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#aeabe6 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#aeabe6 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 67.06% green and 90.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 24.35% cyan, 25.65% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 243.05°, with 54.13% saturation and 78.63% 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 9.77:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 6.08.

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Relative luminance0.4384

Complementary

  1. #aeabe6
  2. #e3e6ab

Split complementary

  1. #aeabe6
  2. #e6ccab
  3. #c6e6ab

Analogous

  1. #abc6e6
  2. #aeabe6
  3. #ccabe6

Triadic

  1. #aeabe6
  2. #e6aeab
  3. #abe6ae

Tetradic

  1. #aeabe6
  2. #e6abe3
  3. #e3e6ab
  4. #abe6ae

Square

  1. #aeabe6
  2. #e6abc6
  3. #e3e6ab
  4. #abe6cc

Monochromatic

  1. #4039bf
  2. #7570d4
  3. #aeabe6
  4. #e7e6f8
  5. #f0effa

Shades

#aeabe6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aeabe6
  2. #9d9acf
  3. #8b89b8
  4. #7a78a1
  5. #68678a
  6. #575673
  7. #46445c
  8. #343345
  9. #23222e
  10. #111117
  11. #000000

Tints

#aeabe6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aeabe6
  2. #b6b3e9
  3. #bebceb
  4. #c6c4ee
  5. #cecdf0
  6. #d7d5f3
  7. #dfddf5
  8. #e7e6f8
  9. #efeefa
  10. #f7f7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aeabe6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aeabe6
  2. #a9a7dc
  3. #a5a2d2
  4. #a09ec7
  5. #9c9abd
  6. #9796b3
  7. #9291a9
  8. #8e8d9f
  9. #898994
  10. #85848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.15:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.77:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b1b1b1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b0aec8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9cb2e9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9bafe4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a1b5bf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a3afe8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a3aee5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a7b1d0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aeabe6 {
  color: #aeabe6;
}
Background
.bg-aeabe6 {
  background-color: #aeabe6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aeabe6 {
  border: 2px solid #aeabe6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aeabe6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 171 230;
  --color-primary-hsl: 243 54% 79%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aeabe6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aeabe6, #ccabe6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aeabe6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 171 230 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.08 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.36 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 9.65 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 10.76 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.86 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 12.21 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 12.28 #515419 Inverted #b1b1b1 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#aeabe6  rgb(174, 171, 230)  hsl(243, 54%, 79%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#e3e6ab  rgb(227, 230, 171)  hsl(63, 54%, 79%)  Pale Goldenrod
#e6aeab  rgb(230, 174, 171)  hsl(3, 54%, 79%)  Pastel Pink
#abe6ae  rgb(171, 230, 174)  hsl(123, 54%, 79%)  Celadon