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#AFDEDB

#afdedb ≈ Powder Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#afdedb is a color from the cyan family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 87.06% green and 85.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 21.17% cyan, 0% magenta, 1.35% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 176.17°, with 41.59% saturation and 77.84% 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 14.29:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Powder Blue (#b0e0e6), ΔE 3.82.

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Web safe#99cccc
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Relative luminance0.6647

Complementary

  1. #afdedb
  2. #deafb2

Split complementary

  1. #afdedb
  2. #deafc9
  3. #dec3af

Analogous

  1. #afdec3
  2. #afdedb
  3. #afc9de

Triadic

  1. #afdedb
  2. #dbafde
  3. #dedbaf

Tetradic

  1. #afdedb
  2. #afb2de
  3. #deafb2
  4. #dedbaf

Square

  1. #afdedb
  2. #c3afde
  3. #deafb2
  4. #c9deaf

Monochromatic

  1. #47ada6
  2. #79c8c3
  3. #afdedb
  4. #e5f4f3
  5. #f1f9f9

Shades

#afdedb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #afdedb
  2. #9ec8c5
  3. #8cb2af
  4. #7b9b99
  5. #698583
  6. #586f6e
  7. #465958
  8. #354342
  9. #232c2c
  10. #121616
  11. #000000

Tints

#afdedb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #afdedb
  2. #b7e1df
  3. #bfe5e2
  4. #c7e8e6
  5. #cfebe9
  6. #d7efed
  7. #dff2f1
  8. #e7f5f4
  9. #eff8f8
  10. #f7fcfb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#afdedb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #afdedb
  2. #aad5d2
  3. #a6cbc9
  4. #a1c2c0
  5. #9cb8b7
  6. #98afae
  7. #93a6a4
  8. #8e9c9b
  9. #899392
  10. #858989
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.47:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.29:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d5d5d5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c7d9d7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d8d9db ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cfd2dc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a1e1dd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c9dbdb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c3d7db ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a7e0dc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-afdedb {
  color: #afdedb;
}
Background
.bg-afdedb {
  background-color: #afdedb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-afdedb {
  border: 2px solid #afdedb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #afdedb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 222 219;
  --color-primary-hsl: 176 42% 78%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-afdedb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #afdedb, #afc9de);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-afdedb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 222 219 / 0.35);
}

#b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 3.82 #afeeee Pale Turquoise ΔE 4.32 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 7.47 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 7.69 #a8c3bc Opal ΔE 7.71 #b2ffff Celeste ΔE 8.02 #e0ffff Light Cyan ΔE 9.06 #502124 Inverted #d5d5d5 Grayscale 

Powder Blue
#afdedb  rgb(175, 222, 219)  hsl(176, 42%, 78%)  Powder Blue
#deafb2  rgb(222, 175, 178)  hsl(356, 42%, 78%)  Pastel Pink
#dbafde  rgb(219, 175, 222)  hsl(296, 42%, 78%)  Plum
#dedbaf  rgb(222, 219, 175)  hsl(56, 42%, 78%)  Pale Goldenrod