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#afbbfa ≈ Periwinkle

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#afbbfa is a color from the blue family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 73.33% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 30% cyan, 25.2% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 230.4°, with 88.24% saturation and 83.33% 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 11.31:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Periwinkle (#ccccff), ΔE 6.7.

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Web safe#99ccff
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Relative luminance0.5156

Complementary

  1. #afbbfa
  2. #faeeaf

Split complementary

  1. #afbbfa
  2. #fac8af
  3. #e0faaf

Analogous

  1. #afe0fa
  2. #afbbfa
  3. #c8affa

Triadic

  1. #afbbfa
  2. #faafbb
  3. #bbfaaf

Tetradic

  1. #afbbfa
  2. #eeaffa
  3. #faeeaf
  4. #bbfaaf

Square

  1. #afbbfa
  2. #faafe0
  3. #faeeaf
  4. #affac8

Monochromatic

  1. #1f41f1
  2. #677ef6
  3. #afbbfa
  4. #eceffe
  5. #eceffe

Shades

#afbbfa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #afbbfa
  2. #9ea8e1
  3. #8c96c8
  4. #7b83af
  5. #697096
  6. #585e7d
  7. #464b64
  8. #35384b
  9. #232532
  10. #121319
  11. #000000

Tints

#afbbfa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #afbbfa
  2. #b7c2fb
  3. #bfc9fb
  4. #c7cffc
  5. #cfd6fc
  6. #d7ddfd
  7. #dfe4fd
  8. #e7ebfe
  9. #eff1fe
  10. #f7f8ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#afbbfa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #afbbfa
  2. #aab5ee
  3. #a6afe2
  4. #a1a9d5
  5. #9ca3c9
  6. #989ebd
  7. #9398b1
  8. #8e92a5
  9. #898c98
  10. #85868c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.86:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.31:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bebebe ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b8bdd9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a8c1fd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a3bbf8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9bc7d1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #abbffc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a8bbf9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a4c2e2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-afbbfa {
  color: #afbbfa;
}
Background
.bg-afbbfa {
  background-color: #afbbfa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-afbbfa {
  border: 2px solid #afbbfa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #afbbfa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 187 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 230 88% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-afbbfa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #afbbfa, #c8affa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-afbbfa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 187 250 / 0.35);
}

#ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 6.70 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.12 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.79 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 12.17 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 13.44 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 13.72 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 13.85 #504405 Inverted #bebebe Grayscale 

Periwinkle
#afbbfa  rgb(175, 187, 250)  hsl(230, 88%, 83%)  Periwinkle
#faeeaf  rgb(250, 238, 175)  hsl(50, 88%, 83%)  Vanilla
#faafbb  rgb(250, 175, 187)  hsl(350, 88%, 83%)  Light Pink
#bbfaaf  rgb(187, 250, 175)  hsl(110, 88%, 83%)  Granny Smith Apple