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#afbecd ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#afbecd is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 74.51% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 14.63% cyan, 7.32% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 210°, with 23.08% saturation and 74.51% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.07:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 4.25.

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Relative luminance0.5035

Complementary

  1. #afbecd
  2. #cdbeaf

Split complementary

  1. #afbecd
  2. #cdafaf
  3. #cdcdaf

Analogous

  1. #afcdcd
  2. #afbecd
  3. #afafcd

Triadic

  1. #afbecd
  2. #cdafbe
  3. #becdaf

Tetradic

  1. #afbecd
  2. #beafcd
  3. #cdbeaf
  4. #becdaf

Square

  1. #afbecd
  2. #cdafcd
  3. #cdbeaf
  4. #afcdaf

Monochromatic

  1. #57728c
  2. #8098b0
  3. #afbecd
  4. #dee4ea
  5. #f2f5f7

Shades

#afbecd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #afbecd
  2. #9eabb9
  3. #8c98a4
  4. #7b8590
  5. #69727b
  6. #585f67
  7. #464c52
  8. #35393e
  9. #232629
  10. #121315
  11. #000000

Tints

#afbecd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #afbecd
  2. #b7c5d2
  3. #bfcbd7
  4. #c7d2dc
  5. #cfd8e1
  6. #d7dfe6
  7. #dfe5eb
  8. #e7ecf0
  9. #eff2f5
  10. #f7f9fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#afbecd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #afbecd
  2. #aab8c5
  3. #a6b2be
  4. #a1abb6
  5. #9ca5ae
  6. #989fa7
  7. #93999f
  8. #8e9397
  9. #898c8f
  10. #858688
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.9:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.07:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bcbcbc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b7bdc3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b8bece ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b5bbcd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a8c1c3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b5becd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b3bccd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #abc0c7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-afbecd {
  color: #afbecd;
}
Background
.bg-afbecd {
  background-color: #afbecd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-afbecd {
  border: 2px solid #afbecd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #afbecd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 190 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 210 23% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-afbecd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #afbecd, #afafcd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-afbecd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 190 205 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 4.25 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 5.32 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 5.85 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 7.89 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 8.08 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.33 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 9.60 #504132 Inverted #bcbcbc Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#afbecd  rgb(175, 190, 205)  hsl(210, 23%, 75%)  Light Steel Blue
#cdbeaf  rgb(205, 190, 175)  hsl(30, 23%, 75%)  Bone
#cdafbe  rgb(205, 175, 190)  hsl(330, 23%, 75%)  Thistle
#becdaf  rgb(190, 205, 175)  hsl(90, 23%, 75%)  Ash Gray