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#AFD5FF

#afd5ff ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#afd5ff is a color from the azure family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 83.53% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 31.37% cyan, 16.47% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 211.5°, with 100% saturation and 84.31% 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 soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 13.78:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 6.46.

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Web safe#99ccff
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Relative luminance0.6392

Complementary

  1. #afd5ff
  2. #ffd9af

Split complementary

  1. #afd5ff
  2. #ffb1af
  3. #fdffaf

Analogous

  1. #affdff
  2. #afd5ff
  3. #b1afff

Triadic

  1. #afd5ff
  2. #ffafd5
  3. #d5ffaf

Tetradic

  1. #afd5ff
  2. #d9afff
  3. #ffd9af
  4. #d5ffaf

Square

  1. #afd5ff
  2. #ffaffd
  3. #ffd9af
  4. #afffb1

Monochromatic

  1. #1685ff
  2. #62adff
  3. #afd5ff
  4. #ebf4ff
  5. #ebf4ff

Shades

#afd5ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #afd5ff
  2. #9ec0e6
  3. #8caacc
  4. #7b95b3
  5. #698099
  6. #586b80
  7. #465566
  8. #35404d
  9. #232b33
  10. #12151a
  11. #000000

Tints

#afd5ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #afd5ff
  2. #b7d9ff
  3. #bfddff
  4. #c7e2ff
  5. #cfe6ff
  6. #d7eaff
  7. #dfeeff
  8. #e7f2ff
  9. #eff7ff
  10. #f7fbff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#afd5ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #afd5ff
  2. #aacdf2
  3. #a6c4e6
  4. #a1bcd9
  5. #9cb3cc
  6. #98abc0
  7. #93a2b3
  8. #8e9aa6
  9. #899199
  10. #85898d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.52:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.78:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d1d1d1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c4d3e5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c5d6ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bccefe ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #97dee3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bdd6ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b7d1fe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a1dbef ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-afd5ff {
  color: #afd5ff;
}
Background
.bg-afd5ff {
  background-color: #afd5ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-afd5ff {
  border: 2px solid #afd5ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #afd5ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 213 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 212 100% 84%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-afd5ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #afd5ff, #b1afff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-afd5ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 213 255 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 6.46 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 7.03 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 7.06 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 7.58 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.54 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.90 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 9.65 #502a00 Inverted #d1d1d1 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#afd5ff  rgb(175, 213, 255)  hsl(212, 100%, 84%)  Light Steel Blue
#ffd9af  rgb(255, 217, 175)  hsl(32, 100%, 84%)  Light Apricot
#ffafd5  rgb(255, 175, 213)  hsl(332, 100%, 84%)  Carnation Pink
#d5ffaf  rgb(213, 255, 175)  hsl(92, 100%, 84%)  Tea Green