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#afbdd0 ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#afbdd0 is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 74.12% green and 81.57% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 15.87% cyan, 9.13% magenta, 0% yellow and 18.43% black. Its hue angle is 214.55°, with 25.98% saturation and 75.1% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.01:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 3.06.

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Relative luminance0.5006

Complementary

  1. #afbdd0
  2. #d0c2af

Split complementary

  1. #afbdd0
  2. #d0b2af
  3. #cdd0af

Analogous

  1. #afcdd0
  2. #afbdd0
  3. #b2afd0

Triadic

  1. #afbdd0
  2. #d0afbd
  3. #bdd0af

Tetradic

  1. #afbdd0
  2. #c2afd0
  3. #d0c2af
  4. #bdd0af

Square

  1. #afbdd0
  2. #d0afcd
  3. #d0c2af
  4. #afd0b2

Monochromatic

  1. #556e91
  2. #7f95b4
  3. #afbdd0
  4. #dfe5ec
  5. #f2f4f7

Shades

#afbdd0 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #afbdd0
  2. #9eaabb
  3. #8c97a6
  4. #7b8492
  5. #69717d
  6. #585f68
  7. #464c53
  8. #35393e
  9. #23262a
  10. #121315
  11. #000000

Tints

#afbdd0 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #afbdd0
  2. #b7c4d5
  3. #bfcad9
  4. #c7d1de
  5. #cfd7e3
  6. #d7dee8
  7. #dfe5ec
  8. #e7ebf1
  9. #eff2f6
  10. #f7f8fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#afbdd0 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #afbdd0
  2. #aab7c8
  3. #a6b1c0
  4. #a1abb8
  5. #9ca5b0
  6. #989fa8
  7. #9398a0
  8. #8e9298
  9. #898c90
  10. #858688
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.91:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.01:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bcbcbc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b7bcc4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b7bdd1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b3bad0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a7c1c3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b4bdd1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b2bbd0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aabfc8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-afbdd0 {
  color: #afbdd0;
}
Background
.bg-afbdd0 {
  background-color: #afbdd0;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-afbdd0 {
  border: 2px solid #afbdd0;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #afbdd0;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 189 208;
  --color-primary-hsl: 215 26% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-afbdd0 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #afbdd0, #b2afd0);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-afbdd0 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 189 208 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 3.06 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 6.57 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 7.14 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.50 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 8.82 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 9.05 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 10.35 #50422f Inverted #bcbcbc Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#afbdd0  rgb(175, 189, 208)  hsl(215, 26%, 75%)  Light Steel Blue
#d0c2af  rgb(208, 194, 175)  hsl(35, 26%, 75%)  Bone
#d0afbd  rgb(208, 175, 189)  hsl(335, 26%, 75%)  Thistle
#bdd0af  rgb(189, 208, 175)  hsl(95, 26%, 75%)  Tea Green