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#AFB0E5

#afb0e5 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#afb0e5 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 69.02% green and 89.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 23.58% cyan, 23.14% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.2% black. Its hue angle is 238.89°, with 50.94% saturation and 79.22% 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 10.16:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 5.23.

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Relative luminance0.4582

Complementary

  1. #afb0e5
  2. #e5e4af

Split complementary

  1. #afb0e5
  2. #e5c9af
  3. #cbe5af

Analogous

  1. #afcbe5
  2. #afb0e5
  3. #c9afe5

Triadic

  1. #afb0e5
  2. #e5afb0
  3. #b0e5af

Tetradic

  1. #afb0e5
  2. #e4afe5
  3. #e5e4af
  4. #b0e5af

Square

  1. #afb0e5
  2. #e5afcb
  3. #e5e4af
  4. #afe5c9

Monochromatic

  1. #3e40bd
  2. #7577d2
  3. #afb0e5
  4. #e9e9f8
  5. #f0f0fa

Shades

#afb0e5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #afb0e5
  2. #9e9ece
  3. #8c8db7
  4. #7b7ba0
  5. #696a89
  6. #585873
  7. #46465c
  8. #353545
  9. #23232e
  10. #121217
  11. #000000

Tints

#afb0e5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #afb0e5
  2. #b7b8e8
  3. #bfc0ea
  4. #c7c8ed
  5. #cfd0ef
  6. #d7d8f2
  7. #dfdff5
  8. #e7e7f7
  9. #efeffa
  10. #f7f7fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#afb0e5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #afb0e5
  2. #aaabdb
  3. #a6a6d1
  4. #a1a2c7
  5. #9c9dbd
  6. #9898b3
  7. #9393a8
  8. #8e8e9e
  9. #898a94
  10. #85858a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.07:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.16:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b4b4b4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b2b3ca ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a2b6e7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a0b3e4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a3b9c2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a7b4e6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a6b2e4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a8b6d1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-afb0e5 {
  color: #afb0e5;
}
Background
.bg-afb0e5 {
  background-color: #afb0e5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-afb0e5 {
  border: 2px solid #afb0e5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #afb0e5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 176 229;
  --color-primary-hsl: 239 51% 79%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-afb0e5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #afb0e5, #c9afe5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-afb0e5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 176 229 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 5.23 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 7.18 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.05 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 10.63 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 11.45 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 12.24 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 12.65 #504f1a Inverted #b4b4b4 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#afb0e5  rgb(175, 176, 229)  hsl(239, 51%, 79%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#e5e4af  rgb(229, 228, 175)  hsl(59, 51%, 79%)  Pale Goldenrod
#e5afb0  rgb(229, 175, 176)  hsl(359, 51%, 79%)  Pastel Pink
#b0e5af  rgb(176, 229, 175)  hsl(119, 51%, 79%)  Celadon