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#AFD2D8

#afd2d8 ≈ Light Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#afd2d8 is a color from the cyan family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 82.35% green and 84.71% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 18.98% cyan, 2.78% magenta, 0% yellow and 15.29% black. Its hue angle is 188.78°, with 34.45% saturation and 76.67% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 13.03:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Blue (#add8e6), ΔE 3.43.

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Web safe#99cccc
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Relative luminance0.6017

Complementary

  1. #afd2d8
  2. #d8b5af

Split complementary

  1. #afd2d8
  2. #d8afbe
  3. #d8caaf

Analogous

  1. #afd8ca
  2. #afd2d8
  3. #afbed8

Triadic

  1. #afd2d8
  2. #d8afd2
  3. #d2d8af

Tetradic

  1. #afd2d8
  2. #b5afd8
  3. #d8b5af
  4. #d2d8af

Square

  1. #afd2d8
  2. #caafd8
  3. #d8b5af
  4. #bed8af

Monochromatic

  1. #4e94a0
  2. #7cb5bf
  3. #afd2d8
  4. #e2eff1
  5. #f1f7f8

Shades

#afd2d8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #afd2d8
  2. #9ebdc2
  3. #8ca8ad
  4. #7b9397
  5. #697e82
  6. #58696c
  7. #465456
  8. #353f41
  9. #232a2b
  10. #121516
  11. #000000

Tints

#afd2d8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #afd2d8
  2. #b7d7dc
  3. #bfdbe0
  4. #c7e0e4
  5. #cfe4e8
  6. #d7e9ec
  7. #dfedef
  8. #e7f2f3
  9. #eff6f7
  10. #f7fbfb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#afd2d8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #afd2d8
  2. #aacacf
  3. #a6c2c6
  4. #a1b9be
  5. #9cb1b5
  6. #98a9ac
  7. #93a1a3
  8. #8e999a
  9. #899092
  10. #858889
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.03:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cccccc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c1ced1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cccfd8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c5c9d8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a3d5d4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c1d0d8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bccdd8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a8d4d5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-afd2d8 {
  color: #afd2d8;
}
Background
.bg-afd2d8 {
  background-color: #afd2d8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-afd2d8 {
  border: 2px solid #afd2d8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #afd2d8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 210 216;
  --color-primary-hsl: 189 34% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-afd2d8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #afd2d8, #afbed8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-afd2d8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 210 216 / 0.35);
}

#add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 3.43 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 4.16 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 4.70 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 5.34 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 5.99 #a8c3bc Opal ΔE 6.94 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 7.42 #502d27 Inverted #cccccc Grayscale 

Light Blue
#afd2d8  rgb(175, 210, 216)  hsl(189, 34%, 77%)  Light Blue
#d8b5af  rgb(216, 181, 175)  hsl(9, 34%, 77%)  Silver Pink
#d8afd2  rgb(216, 175, 210)  hsl(309, 34%, 77%)  Lilac
#d2d8af  rgb(210, 216, 175)  hsl(69, 34%, 77%)  Pale Goldenrod