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#AFADD4

#afadd4 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#afadd4 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 67.84% green and 83.14% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 17.45% cyan, 18.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 16.86% black. Its hue angle is 243.08°, with 31.2% 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 9.75:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 5.02.

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Relative luminance0.4375

Complementary

  1. #afadd4
  2. #d2d4ad

Split complementary

  1. #afadd4
  2. #d4c3ad
  3. #bed4ad

Analogous

  1. #adbed4
  2. #afadd4
  3. #c3add4

Triadic

  1. #afadd4
  2. #d4afad
  3. #add4af

Tetradic

  1. #afadd4
  2. #d4add2
  3. #d2d4ad
  4. #add4af

Square

  1. #afadd4
  2. #d4adbe
  3. #d2d4ad
  4. #add4c3

Monochromatic

  1. #545098
  2. #7e7bba
  3. #afadd4
  4. #e0dfee
  5. #f2f2f8

Shades

#afadd4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #afadd4
  2. #9e9cbf
  3. #8c8aaa
  4. #7b7994
  5. #69687f
  6. #58576a
  7. #464555
  8. #353440
  9. #23232a
  10. #121115
  11. #000000

Tints

#afadd4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #afadd4
  2. #b7b5d8
  3. #bfbddd
  4. #c7c6e1
  5. #cfcee5
  6. #d7d6ea
  7. #dfdeee
  8. #e7e6f2
  9. #efeff6
  10. #f7f7fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#afadd4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #afadd4
  2. #aaa9cc
  3. #a6a4c3
  4. #a1a0bb
  5. #9c9bb2
  6. #9897aa
  7. #9392a2
  8. #8e8e99
  9. #898991
  10. #858588
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.15:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.75:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b1b1b1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b0afc0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a4b2d6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a3b0d3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a7b3ba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a8b0d5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a8afd3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aab1c5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-afadd4 {
  color: #afadd4;
}
Background
.bg-afadd4 {
  background-color: #afadd4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-afadd4 {
  border: 2px solid #afadd4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #afadd4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 173 212;
  --color-primary-hsl: 243 31% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-afadd4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #afadd4, #c3add4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-afadd4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 173 212 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 5.02 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.68 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 9.25 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 10.14 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 10.35 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 10.78 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 10.82 #50522b Inverted #b1b1b1 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#afadd4  rgb(175, 173, 212)  hsl(243, 31%, 75%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#d2d4ad  rgb(210, 212, 173)  hsl(63, 31%, 75%)  Pale Goldenrod
#d4afad  rgb(212, 175, 173)  hsl(3, 31%, 75%)  Silver Pink
#add4af  rgb(173, 212, 175)  hsl(123, 31%, 75%)  Celadon