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#AFBEE9

#afbee9 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#afbee9 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 91.37% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 24.89% cyan, 18.45% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.63% black. Its hue angle is 224.48°, with 56.86% saturation and 80% 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 11.36:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 5.1.

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Web safe#99ccff
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Relative luminance0.5182

Complementary

  1. #afbee9
  2. #e9daaf

Split complementary

  1. #afbee9
  2. #e9bdaf
  3. #dbe9af

Analogous

  1. #afdbe9
  2. #afbee9
  3. #bdafe9

Triadic

  1. #afbee9
  2. #e9afbe
  3. #bee9af

Tetradic

  1. #afbee9
  2. #daafe9
  3. #e9daaf
  4. #bee9af

Square

  1. #afbee9
  2. #e9afdb
  3. #e9daaf
  4. #afe9bd

Monochromatic

  1. #375dc8
  2. #738dd8
  3. #afbee9
  4. #ebeff9
  5. #eff2fb

Shades

#afbee9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #afbee9
  2. #9eabd2
  3. #8c98ba
  4. #7b85a3
  5. #69728c
  6. #585f75
  7. #464c5d
  8. #353946
  9. #23262f
  10. #121317
  11. #000000

Tints

#afbee9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #afbee9
  2. #b7c5eb
  3. #bfcbed
  4. #c7d2f0
  5. #cfd8f2
  6. #d7dff4
  7. #dfe5f6
  8. #e7ecf8
  9. #eff2fb
  10. #f7f9fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#afbee9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #afbee9
  2. #aab8df
  3. #a6b2d4
  4. #a1abca
  5. #9ca5bf
  6. #989fb5
  7. #9399aa
  8. #8e93a0
  9. #898c95
  10. #85868b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.85:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.36:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bfbfbf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b9bed1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b1c1eb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #acbce8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a0c6cc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b0c0ea ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #adbde8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a6c3d8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-afbee9 {
  color: #afbee9;
}
Background
.bg-afbee9 {
  background-color: #afbee9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-afbee9 {
  border: 2px solid #afbee9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #afbee9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 190 233;
  --color-primary-hsl: 224 57% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-afbee9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #afbee9, #bdafe9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-afbee9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 190 233 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 5.10 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 5.87 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 6.40 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 10.95 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 12.89 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 12.90 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 12.94 #504116 Inverted #bfbfbf Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#afbee9  rgb(175, 190, 233)  hsl(224, 57%, 80%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#e9daaf  rgb(233, 218, 175)  hsl(44, 57%, 80%)  Wheat
#e9afbe  rgb(233, 175, 190)  hsl(344, 57%, 80%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#bee9af  rgb(190, 233, 175)  hsl(104, 57%, 80%)  Tea Green