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#AFBAD2

#afbad2 ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#afbad2 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 72.94% green and 82.35% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 16.67% cyan, 11.43% magenta, 0% yellow and 17.65% black. Its hue angle is 221.14°, with 28% 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 10.78:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 3.99.

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Web safe#99cccc
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Relative luminance0.4888

Complementary

  1. #afbad2
  2. #d2c7af

Split complementary

  1. #afbad2
  2. #d2b5af
  3. #ccd2af

Analogous

  1. #afccd2
  2. #afbad2
  3. #b5afd2

Triadic

  1. #afbad2
  2. #d2afba
  3. #bad2af

Tetradic

  1. #afbad2
  2. #c7afd2
  3. #d2c7af
  4. #bad2af

Square

  1. #afbad2
  2. #d2afcc
  3. #d2c7af
  4. #afd2b5

Monochromatic

  1. #546894
  2. #7e90b6
  3. #afbad2
  4. #e0e4ee
  5. #f2f4f8

Shades

#afbad2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #afbad2
  2. #9ea7bd
  3. #8c95a8
  4. #7b8293
  5. #69707e
  6. #585d69
  7. #464a54
  8. #35383f
  9. #23252a
  10. #121315
  11. #000000

Tints

#afbad2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #afbad2
  2. #b7c1d7
  3. #bfc8db
  4. #c7cfe0
  5. #cfd6e4
  6. #d7dde9
  7. #dfe3ed
  8. #e7eaf2
  9. #eff1f6
  10. #f7f8fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#afbad2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #afbad2
  2. #aab4ca
  3. #a6aec2
  4. #a1a9b9
  5. #9ca3b1
  6. #989da9
  7. #9397a1
  8. #8e9199
  9. #898c90
  10. #858688
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.95:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.78:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bababa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b5bac4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b3bbd3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b0b8d1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a7bfc2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b1bbd3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #afb9d2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aabdc8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-afbad2 {
  color: #afbad2;
}
Background
.bg-afbad2 {
  background-color: #afbad2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-afbad2 {
  border: 2px solid #afbad2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #afbad2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 186 210;
  --color-primary-hsl: 221 28% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-afbad2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #afbad2, #b5afd2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-afbad2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 186 210 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 3.99 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 5.03 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 8.79 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 9.97 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 9.98 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 10.46 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 11.15 #50452d Inverted #bababa Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#afbad2  rgb(175, 186, 210)  hsl(221, 28%, 75%)  Light Steel Blue
#d2c7af  rgb(210, 199, 175)  hsl(41, 28%, 75%)  Bone
#d2afba  rgb(210, 175, 186)  hsl(341, 28%, 75%)  Silver Pink
#bad2af  rgb(186, 210, 175)  hsl(101, 28%, 75%)  Celadon