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#afaebf ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#afaebf is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 68.24% green and 74.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 8.38% cyan, 8.9% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 243.53°, with 11.72% saturation and 71.57% lightness in HSL. It is a neutral color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.63:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 7.17.

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Relative luminance0.4315

Complementary

  1. #afaebf
  2. #bebfae

Split complementary

  1. #afaebf
  2. #bfb8ae
  3. #b6bfae

Analogous

  1. #aeb6bf
  2. #afaebf
  3. #b8aebf

Triadic

  1. #afaebf
  2. #bfafae
  3. #aebfaf

Tetradic

  1. #afaebf
  2. #bfaebe
  3. #bebfae
  4. #aebfaf

Square

  1. #afaebf
  2. #bfaeb6
  3. #bebfae
  4. #aebfb8

Monochromatic

  1. #5f5e76
  2. #85839d
  3. #afaebf
  4. #d9d9e1
  5. #f4f4f6

Shades

#afaebf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #afaebf
  2. #9e9dac
  3. #8c8b99
  4. #7b7a86
  5. #696873
  6. #585760
  7. #46464c
  8. #353439
  9. #232326
  10. #121113
  11. #000000

Tints

#afaebf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #afaebf
  2. #b7b6c5
  3. #bfbecc
  4. #c7c6d2
  5. #cfced9
  6. #d7d7df
  7. #dfdfe5
  8. #e7e7ec
  9. #efeff2
  10. #f7f7f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#afaebf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #afaebf
  2. #aaa9b9
  3. #a6a5b2
  4. #a1a0ac
  5. #9c9ca6
  6. #9897a0
  7. #939299
  8. #8e8e93
  9. #89898d
  10. #858586
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.18:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.63:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b0b0b0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #afafb6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #aab0c0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aaafbe ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #acb1b3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #acafbf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #acafbf ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #adb0b8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-afaebf {
  color: #afaebf;
}
Background
.bg-afaebf {
  background-color: #afaebf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-afaebf {
  border: 2px solid #afaebf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #afaebf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 174 191;
  --color-primary-hsl: 244 12% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-afaebf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #afaebf, #b8aebf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-afaebf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 174 191 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.17 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 8.47 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 8.47 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 8.87 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 8.89 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 9.19 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 9.37 #505140 Inverted #b0b0b0 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#afaebf  rgb(175, 174, 191)  hsl(244, 12%, 72%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#bebfae  rgb(190, 191, 174)  hsl(64, 12%, 72%)  Ash Gray
#bfafae  rgb(191, 175, 174)  hsl(4, 12%, 72%)  Silver Pink
#aebfaf  rgb(174, 191, 175)  hsl(124, 12%, 72%)  Ash Gray