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#afbee0 ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#afbee0 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 74.51% green and 87.84% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 21.87% cyan, 15.18% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.16% black. Its hue angle is 221.63°, with 44.14% saturation and 78.24% 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 11.26:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 4.09.

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Web safe#99cccc
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Relative luminance0.5132

Complementary

  1. #afbee0
  2. #e0d1af

Split complementary

  1. #afbee0
  2. #e0b9af
  3. #d7e0af

Analogous

  1. #afd7e0
  2. #afbee0
  3. #b9afe0

Triadic

  1. #afbee0
  2. #e0afbe
  3. #bee0af

Tetradic

  1. #afbee0
  2. #d1afe0
  3. #e0d1af
  4. #bee0af

Square

  1. #afbee0
  2. #e0afd7
  3. #e0d1af
  4. #afe0b9

Monochromatic

  1. #4566b1
  2. #7891cb
  3. #afbee0
  4. #e6ebf5
  5. #f0f3f9

Shades

#afbee0 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #afbee0
  2. #9eabca
  3. #8c98b3
  4. #7b859d
  5. #697286
  6. #585f70
  7. #464c5a
  8. #353943
  9. #23262d
  10. #121316
  11. #000000

Tints

#afbee0 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #afbee0
  2. #b7c5e3
  3. #bfcbe6
  4. #c7d2e9
  5. #cfd8ec
  6. #d7dff0
  7. #dfe5f3
  8. #e7ecf6
  9. #eff2f9
  10. #f7f9fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#afbee0 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #afbee0
  2. #aab8d6
  3. #a6b2cd
  4. #a1abc3
  5. #9ca5ba
  6. #989fb0
  7. #9399a6
  8. #8e939d
  9. #898c93
  10. #85868a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.86:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.26:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bebebe ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b8becc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b4c0e2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #afbcdf ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a3c5c9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b2bfe1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #afbde0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a8c2d3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-afbee0 {
  color: #afbee0;
}
Background
.bg-afbee0 {
  background-color: #afbee0;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-afbee0 {
  border: 2px solid #afbee0;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #afbee0;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 190 224;
  --color-primary-hsl: 222 44% 78%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-afbee0 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #afbee0, #b9afe0);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-afbee0 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 190 224 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 4.09 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 4.69 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 7.62 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 9.39 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 11.52 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 11.83 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 12.08 #50411f Inverted #bebebe Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#afbee0  rgb(175, 190, 224)  hsl(222, 44%, 78%)  Light Steel Blue
#e0d1af  rgb(224, 209, 175)  hsl(42, 44%, 78%)  Wheat
#e0afbe  rgb(224, 175, 190)  hsl(342, 44%, 78%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#bee0af  rgb(190, 224, 175)  hsl(102, 44%, 78%)  Tea Green