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#AFC5CE

#afc5ce ≈ Pastel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#afc5ce is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 77.25% green and 80.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 15.05% cyan, 4.37% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 197.42°, with 24.03% saturation and 74.71% 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 11.7:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pastel Blue (#aec6cf), ΔE 0.69.

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Relative luminance0.535

Complementary

  1. #afc5ce
  2. #ceb8af

Split complementary

  1. #afc5ce
  2. #ceafb6
  3. #cec8af

Analogous

  1. #afcec8
  2. #afc5ce
  3. #afb6ce

Triadic

  1. #afc5ce
  2. #ceafc5
  3. #c5ceaf

Tetradic

  1. #afc5ce
  2. #b8afce
  3. #ceb8af
  4. #c5ceaf

Square

  1. #afc5ce
  2. #c8afce
  3. #ceb8af
  4. #b6ceaf

Monochromatic

  1. #577d8d
  2. #80a3b1
  3. #afc5ce
  4. #dee7eb
  5. #f2f6f7

Shades

#afc5ce mixed progressively with black.

  1. #afc5ce
  2. #9eb1b9
  3. #8c9ea5
  4. #7b8a90
  5. #69767c
  6. #586367
  7. #464f52
  8. #353b3e
  9. #232729
  10. #121415
  11. #000000

Tints

#afc5ce mixed progressively with white.

  1. #afc5ce
  2. #b7cbd3
  3. #bfd1d8
  4. #c7d6dd
  5. #cfdce2
  6. #d7e2e7
  7. #dfe8eb
  8. #e7eef0
  9. #eff3f5
  10. #f7f9fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#afc5ce mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #afc5ce
  2. #aabec6
  3. #a6b7be
  4. #a1b0b7
  5. #9ca9af
  6. #98a3a7
  7. #939c9f
  8. #8e9597
  9. #898e90
  10. #858788
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.79:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c1c1c1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bac3c6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c0c4cf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bbc0ce ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a7c8c8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b9c4ce ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b6c2ce ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aac7ca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-afc5ce {
  color: #afc5ce;
}
Background
.bg-afc5ce {
  background-color: #afc5ce;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-afc5ce {
  border: 2px solid #afc5ce;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #afc5ce;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 197 206;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 24% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-afc5ce {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #afc5ce, #afb6ce);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-afc5ce {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 197 206 / 0.35);
}

#aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 0.69 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 5.30 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 5.89 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 6.60 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.64 #a8c3bc Opal ΔE 8.35 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 8.77 #503a31 Inverted #c1c1c1 Grayscale 

Pastel Blue
#afc5ce  rgb(175, 197, 206)  hsl(197, 24%, 75%)  Pastel Blue
#ceb8af  rgb(206, 184, 175)  hsl(17, 24%, 75%)  Silver Pink
#ceafc5  rgb(206, 175, 197)  hsl(317, 24%, 75%)  Thistle
#c5ceaf  rgb(197, 206, 175)  hsl(77, 24%, 75%)  Sage