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#afdafd ≈ Columbia Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#afdafd 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, 85.49% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 30.83% cyan, 13.83% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 206.92°, with 95.12% saturation and 83.92% 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 14.27:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Columbia Blue (#b9d9eb), ΔE 5.31.

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Web safe#99ccff
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Relative luminance0.6635

Complementary

  1. #afdafd
  2. #fdd2af

Split complementary

  1. #afdafd
  2. #fdafb3
  3. #fdf9af

Analogous

  1. #affdf9
  2. #afdafd
  3. #afb3fd

Triadic

  1. #afdafd
  2. #fdafda
  3. #dafdaf

Tetradic

  1. #afdafd
  2. #d2affd
  3. #fdd2af
  4. #dafdaf

Square

  1. #afdafd
  2. #f9affd
  3. #fdd2af
  4. #b3fdaf

Monochromatic

  1. #1a95f9
  2. #64b7fb
  3. #afdafd
  4. #ebf6ff
  5. #ebf6ff

Shades

#afdafd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #afdafd
  2. #9ec4e4
  3. #8caeca
  4. #7b99b1
  5. #698398
  6. #586d7f
  7. #465765
  8. #35414c
  9. #232c33
  10. #121619
  11. #000000

Tints

#afdafd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #afdafd
  2. #b7defd
  3. #bfe1fd
  4. #c7e5fe
  5. #cfe9fe
  6. #d7edfe
  7. #dff0fe
  8. #e7f4fe
  9. #eff8ff
  10. #f7fbff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#afdafd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #afdafd
  2. #aad1f1
  3. #a6c8e4
  4. #a1bfd8
  5. #9cb6cb
  6. #98adbf
  7. #93a4b2
  8. #8e9ba6
  9. #899299
  10. #85898d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.47:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.27:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d5d5d5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c7d7e6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ccdaff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c2d1fc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #97e2e5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c1dafe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bad5fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a1dfef ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-afdafd {
  color: #afdafd;
}
Background
.bg-afdafd {
  background-color: #afdafd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-afdafd {
  border: 2px solid #afdafd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #afdafd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 218 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 95% 84%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-afdafd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #afdafd, #afb3fd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-afdafd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 218 253 / 0.35);
}

#b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 5.31 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 5.74 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 5.86 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 6.59 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.46 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 7.61 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 7.77 #502502 Inverted #d5d5d5 Grayscale 

Columbia Blue
#afdafd  rgb(175, 218, 253)  hsl(207, 95%, 84%)  Columbia Blue
#fdd2af  rgb(253, 210, 175)  hsl(27, 95%, 84%)  Light Apricot
#fdafda  rgb(253, 175, 218)  hsl(327, 95%, 84%)  Carnation Pink
#dafdaf  rgb(218, 253, 175)  hsl(87, 95%, 84%)  Tea Green