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#AFFEFF

#affeff ≈ Celeste

  • cyan
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#affeff is a color from the cyan family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 99.61% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 31.37% cyan, 0.39% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 180.75°, with 100% saturation and 84.31% 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 18.44:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Celeste (#b2ffff), ΔE 0.49.

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Web safe#99ffff
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Relative luminance0.8722

Complementary

  1. #affeff
  2. #ffb0af

Split complementary

  1. #affeff
  2. #ffafd6
  3. #ffd8af

Analogous

  1. #afffd8
  2. #affeff
  3. #afd6ff

Triadic

  1. #affeff
  2. #ffaffe
  3. #feffaf

Tetradic

  1. #affeff
  2. #b0afff
  3. #ffb0af
  4. #feffaf

Square

  1. #affeff
  2. #d8afff
  3. #ffb0af
  4. #d6ffaf

Monochromatic

  1. #16fcff
  2. #62fdff
  3. #affeff
  4. #ebffff
  5. #ebffff

Shades

#affeff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #affeff
  2. #9ee5e6
  3. #8ccbcc
  4. #7bb2b3
  5. #699899
  6. #587f80
  7. #466666
  8. #354c4d
  9. #233333
  10. #12191a
  11. #000000

Tints

#affeff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #affeff
  2. #b7feff
  3. #bffeff
  4. #c7feff
  5. #cffeff
  6. #d7ffff
  7. #dfffff
  8. #e7ffff
  9. #efffff
  10. #f7ffff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#affeff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #affeff
  2. #aaf1f2
  3. #a6e5e6
  4. #a1d8d9
  5. #9ccccc
  6. #98bfc0
  7. #93b2b3
  8. #8ea6a6
  9. #899999
  10. #858d8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.14:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 18.44:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #f0f0f0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d9f6f6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f4f7ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e5ebff ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #91fffe ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dcfaff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d1f3ff ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9efffe ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-affeff {
  color: #affeff;
}
Background
.bg-affeff {
  background-color: #affeff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-affeff {
  border: 2px solid #affeff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #affeff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 254 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 181 100% 84%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-affeff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #affeff, #afd6ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-affeff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 254 255 / 0.35);
}

#b2ffff Celeste ΔE 0.49 #afeeee Pale Turquoise ΔE 3.75 #7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 5.15 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 8.14 #e0ffff Light Cyan ΔE 9.51 #00ffff Aqua ΔE 9.69 #00ffff Cyan ΔE 9.69 #500100 Inverted #f0f0f0 Grayscale 

Celeste
#affeff  rgb(175, 254, 255)  hsl(181, 100%, 84%)  Celeste
#ffb0af  rgb(255, 176, 175)  hsl(1, 100%, 84%)  Melon
#ffaffe  rgb(255, 175, 254)  hsl(301, 100%, 84%)  Mauve
#feffaf  rgb(254, 255, 175)  hsl(61, 100%, 84%)  Pastel Yellow