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#B8ADEB

#b8adeb ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#b8adeb is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.16% red, 67.84% green and 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 21.7% cyan, 26.38% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 250.65°, with 60.78% saturation and 80% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with imagination, spirituality and luxury. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.22:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 7.75.

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Relative luminance0.4608

Complementary

  1. #b8adeb
  2. #e0ebad

Split complementary

  1. #b8adeb
  2. #ebd7ad
  3. #c1ebad

Analogous

  1. #adc1eb
  2. #b8adeb
  3. #d7adeb

Triadic

  1. #b8adeb
  2. #ebb8ad
  3. #adebb8

Tetradic

  1. #b8adeb
  2. #ebade0
  3. #e0ebad
  4. #adebb8

Square

  1. #b8adeb
  2. #ebadc1
  3. #e0ebad
  4. #adebd7

Monochromatic

  1. #4e32cd
  2. #8370dc
  3. #b8adeb
  4. #edebfa
  5. #f1effb

Shades

#b8adeb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b8adeb
  2. #a69cd4
  3. #938abc
  4. #8179a5
  5. #6e688d
  6. #5c5776
  7. #4a455e
  8. #373447
  9. #25232f
  10. #121118
  11. #000000

Tints

#b8adeb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b8adeb
  2. #bfb5ed
  3. #c6bdef
  4. #cdc6f1
  5. #d4cef3
  6. #dcd6f5
  7. #e3def7
  8. #eae6f9
  9. #f1effb
  10. #f8f7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b8adeb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b8adeb
  2. #b2a9e0
  3. #ada4d6
  4. #a7a0cb
  5. #a29bc0
  6. #9c97b6
  7. #9692ab
  8. #918ea0
  9. #8b8995
  10. #86858b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.06:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.22:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b5b5b5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b6b2cd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9eb6ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9fb4e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #aeb7c3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a9b2ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aab1ea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b2b3d4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b8adeb {
  color: #b8adeb;
}
Background
.bg-b8adeb {
  background-color: #b8adeb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b8adeb {
  border: 2px solid #b8adeb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b8adeb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 184 173 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 251 61% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b8adeb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b8adeb, #d7adeb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b8adeb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(184 173 235 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.75 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 7.77 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 7.87 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 8.52 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 10.98 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 11.56 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 11.78 #475214 Inverted #b5b5b5 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#b8adeb  rgb(184, 173, 235)  hsl(251, 61%, 80%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#e0ebad  rgb(224, 235, 173)  hsl(71, 61%, 80%)  Pale Goldenrod
#ebb8ad  rgb(235, 184, 173)  hsl(11, 61%, 80%)  Melon
#adebb8  rgb(173, 235, 184)  hsl(131, 61%, 80%)  Celadon