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#AEBBEA

#aebbea ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#aebbea is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 73.33% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.64% cyan, 20.09% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 227°, with 58.82% saturation and 80% 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 11.1:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 4.91.

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Relative luminance0.5048

Complementary

  1. #aebbea
  2. #eaddae

Split complementary

  1. #aebbea
  2. #eabfae
  3. #d9eaae

Analogous

  1. #aed9ea
  2. #aebbea
  3. #bfaeea

Triadic

  1. #aebbea
  2. #eaaebb
  3. #bbeaae

Tetradic

  1. #aebbea
  2. #ddaeea
  3. #eaddae
  4. #bbeaae

Square

  1. #aebbea
  2. #eaaed9
  3. #eaddae
  4. #aeeabf

Monochromatic

  1. #3555ca
  2. #7188da
  3. #aebbea
  4. #ebeefa
  5. #eff1fb

Shades

#aebbea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aebbea
  2. #9da8d3
  3. #8b96bb
  4. #7a83a4
  5. #68708c
  6. #575e75
  7. #464b5e
  8. #343846
  9. #23252f
  10. #111317
  11. #000000

Tints

#aebbea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aebbea
  2. #b6c2ec
  3. #bec9ee
  4. #c6cff0
  5. #ced6f2
  6. #d7ddf5
  7. #dfe4f7
  8. #e7ebf9
  9. #eff1fb
  10. #f7f8fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aebbea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aebbea
  2. #a9b5df
  3. #a5afd5
  4. #a0a9ca
  5. #9ca3c0
  6. #979eb5
  7. #9298aa
  8. #8e92a0
  9. #898c95
  10. #85868b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.89:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.1:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bcbcbc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b7bcd0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #adbfec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a9bae9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9fc4cb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aebdeb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #abbae9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a5c0d8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aebbea {
  color: #aebbea;
}
Background
.bg-aebbea {
  background-color: #aebbea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aebbea {
  border: 2px solid #aebbea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aebbea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 187 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 227 59% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aebbea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aebbea, #bfaeea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aebbea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 187 234 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 4.91 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 6.30 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 6.91 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 12.01 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 13.12 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 13.31 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 13.47 #514415 Inverted #bcbcbc Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#aebbea  rgb(174, 187, 234)  hsl(227, 59%, 80%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#eaddae  rgb(234, 221, 174)  hsl(47, 59%, 80%)  Vanilla
#eaaebb  rgb(234, 174, 187)  hsl(347, 59%, 80%)  Cherry Blossom Pink
#bbeaae  rgb(187, 234, 174)  hsl(107, 59%, 80%)  Granny Smith Apple