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#afb5ce ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#afb5ce is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 70.98% green and 80.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 15.05% cyan, 12.14% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 228.39°, with 24.03% saturation and 74.71% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.32:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 4.1.

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Web safe#99cccc
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Relative luminance0.4662

Complementary

  1. #afb5ce
  2. #cec8af

Split complementary

  1. #afb5ce
  2. #ceb9af
  3. #c5ceaf

Analogous

  1. #afc5ce
  2. #afb5ce
  3. #b9afce

Triadic

  1. #afb5ce
  2. #ceafb5
  3. #b5ceaf

Tetradic

  1. #afb5ce
  2. #c8afce
  3. #cec8af
  4. #b5ceaf

Square

  1. #afb5ce
  2. #ceafc5
  3. #cec8af
  4. #afceb9

Monochromatic

  1. #57618d
  2. #8089b1
  3. #afb5ce
  4. #dee1eb
  5. #f2f3f7

Shades

#afb5ce mixed progressively with black.

  1. #afb5ce
  2. #9ea3b9
  3. #8c91a5
  4. #7b7f90
  5. #696d7c
  6. #585b67
  7. #464852
  8. #35363e
  9. #232429
  10. #121215
  11. #000000

Tints

#afb5ce mixed progressively with white.

  1. #afb5ce
  2. #b7bcd3
  3. #bfc4d8
  4. #c7cbdd
  5. #cfd3e2
  6. #d7dae7
  7. #dfe1eb
  8. #e7e9f0
  9. #eff0f5
  10. #f7f8fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#afb5ce mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #afb5ce
  2. #aab0c6
  3. #a6aabe
  4. #a1a5b7
  5. #9ca0af
  6. #989ba7
  7. #93959f
  8. #8e9097
  9. #898b90
  10. #858588
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.03:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.32:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b6b6b6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b3b5c0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #aeb7cf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #acb5cd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a8b9bd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #afb6cf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #adb5ce ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #abb8c4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-afb5ce {
  color: #afb5ce;
}
Background
.bg-afb5ce {
  background-color: #afb5ce;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-afb5ce {
  border: 2px solid #afb5ce;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #afb5ce;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 181 206;
  --color-primary-hsl: 228 24% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-afb5ce {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #afb5ce, #b9afce);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-afb5ce {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 181 206 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 4.10 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 6.58 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 9.87 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 9.90 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 10.45 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 11.01 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 11.26 #504a31 Inverted #b6b6b6 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#afb5ce  rgb(175, 181, 206)  hsl(228, 24%, 75%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#cec8af  rgb(206, 200, 175)  hsl(48, 24%, 75%)  Bone
#ceafb5  rgb(206, 175, 181)  hsl(348, 24%, 75%)  Silver Pink
#b5ceaf  rgb(181, 206, 175)  hsl(108, 24%, 75%)  Celadon