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#aeb8d3 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#aeb8d3 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 72.16% green and 82.75% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 17.54% cyan, 12.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 17.25% black. Its hue angle is 223.78°, with 29.6% saturation and 75.49% 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 10.6:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 3.87.

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Relative luminance0.4798

Complementary

  1. #aeb8d3
  2. #d3c9ae

Split complementary

  1. #aeb8d3
  2. #d3b6ae
  3. #cbd3ae

Analogous

  1. #aecbd3
  2. #aeb8d3
  3. #b6aed3

Triadic

  1. #aeb8d3
  2. #d3aeb8
  3. #b8d3ae

Tetradic

  1. #aeb8d3
  2. #c9aed3
  3. #d3c9ae
  4. #b8d3ae

Square

  1. #aeb8d3
  2. #d3aecb
  3. #d3c9ae
  4. #aed3b6

Monochromatic

  1. #526496
  2. #7c8db8
  3. #aeb8d3
  4. #e0e3ee
  5. #f2f3f8

Shades

#aeb8d3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aeb8d3
  2. #9da6be
  3. #8b93a9
  4. #7a8194
  5. #686e7f
  6. #575c6a
  7. #464a54
  8. #34373f
  9. #23252a
  10. #111215
  11. #000000

Tints

#aeb8d3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aeb8d3
  2. #b6bfd7
  3. #bec6dc
  4. #c6cde0
  5. #ced4e5
  6. #d7dce9
  7. #dfe3ed
  8. #e7eaf2
  9. #eff1f6
  10. #f7f8fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aeb8d3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aeb8d3
  2. #a9b2cb
  3. #a5adc2
  4. #a0a7ba
  5. #9ca2b2
  6. #979caa
  7. #9296a1
  8. #8e9199
  9. #898b91
  10. #858688
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.98:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.6:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b8b8b8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b4b8c3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b0bad4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #adb7d2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a5bdc1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #afb9d4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aeb7d3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a9bbc8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aeb8d3 {
  color: #aeb8d3;
}
Background
.bg-aeb8d3 {
  background-color: #aeb8d3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aeb8d3 {
  border: 2px solid #aeb8d3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aeb8d3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 184 211;
  --color-primary-hsl: 224 30% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aeb8d3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aeb8d3, #b6aed3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aeb8d3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 184 211 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 3.87 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 4.98 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 9.28 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 10.02 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 10.96 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 11.20 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 11.33 #51472c Inverted #b8b8b8 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#aeb8d3  rgb(174, 184, 211)  hsl(224, 30%, 75%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#d3c9ae  rgb(211, 201, 174)  hsl(44, 30%, 75%)  Pearl
#d3aeb8  rgb(211, 174, 184)  hsl(344, 30%, 75%)  Pastel Pink
#b8d3ae  rgb(184, 211, 174)  hsl(104, 30%, 75%)  Celadon