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#afb4e9 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#afb4e9 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 70.59% green and 91.37% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 24.89% cyan, 22.75% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.63% black. Its hue angle is 234.83°, with 56.86% 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 10.53:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 5.07.

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Relative luminance0.4764

Complementary

  1. #afb4e9
  2. #e9e4af

Split complementary

  1. #afb4e9
  2. #e9c7af
  3. #d1e9af

Analogous

  1. #afd1e9
  2. #afb4e9
  3. #c7afe9

Triadic

  1. #afb4e9
  2. #e9afb4
  3. #b4e9af

Tetradic

  1. #afb4e9
  2. #e4afe9
  3. #e9e4af
  4. #b4e9af

Square

  1. #afb4e9
  2. #e9afd1
  3. #e9e4af
  4. #afe9c7

Monochromatic

  1. #3743c8
  2. #737cd8
  3. #afb4e9
  4. #ebecf9
  5. #eff0fb

Shades

#afb4e9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #afb4e9
  2. #9ea2d2
  3. #8c90ba
  4. #7b7ea3
  5. #696c8c
  6. #585a75
  7. #46485d
  8. #353646
  9. #23242f
  10. #121217
  11. #000000

Tints

#afb4e9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #afb4e9
  2. #b7bceb
  3. #bfc3ed
  4. #c7cbf0
  5. #cfd2f2
  6. #d7daf4
  7. #dfe1f6
  8. #e7e9f8
  9. #eff0fb
  10. #f7f8fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#afb4e9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #afb4e9
  2. #aaafdf
  3. #a6aad4
  4. #a1a4ca
  5. #9c9fbf
  6. #989ab5
  7. #9395aa
  8. #8e90a0
  9. #898a95
  10. #85858b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.99:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.53:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b7b7b7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b4b6cd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a5baeb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a3b6e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a1bdc6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a9b7ea ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a8b5e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a7bad5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-afb4e9 {
  color: #afb4e9;
}
Background
.bg-afb4e9 {
  background-color: #afb4e9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-afb4e9 {
  border: 2px solid #afb4e9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #afb4e9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 180 233;
  --color-primary-hsl: 235 57% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-afb4e9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #afb4e9, #c7afe9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-afb4e9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 180 233 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 5.07 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 6.52 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.02 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 11.93 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 12.17 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 12.84 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 13.26 #504b16 Inverted #b7b7b7 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#afb4e9  rgb(175, 180, 233)  hsl(235, 57%, 80%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#e9e4af  rgb(233, 228, 175)  hsl(55, 57%, 80%)  Pale Goldenrod
#e9afb4  rgb(233, 175, 180)  hsl(355, 57%, 80%)  Pastel Pink
#b4e9af  rgb(180, 233, 175)  hsl(115, 57%, 80%)  Celadon