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#AFBCFE

#afbcfe ≈ Periwinkle

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#afbcfe is a color from the blue family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 73.73% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 31.1% cyan, 25.98% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 230.13°, with 97.53% saturation and 84.12% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.45:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Periwinkle (#ccccff), ΔE 7.

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Web safe#99ccff
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Relative luminance0.5224

Complementary

  1. #afbcfe
  2. #fef1af

Split complementary

  1. #afbcfe
  2. #fecaaf
  3. #e3feaf

Analogous

  1. #afe3fe
  2. #afbcfe
  3. #caaffe

Triadic

  1. #afbcfe
  2. #feafbc
  3. #bcfeaf

Tetradic

  1. #afbcfe
  2. #f1affe
  3. #fef1af
  4. #bcfeaf

Square

  1. #afbcfe
  2. #feafe3
  3. #fef1af
  4. #affeca

Monochromatic

  1. #183dfc
  2. #637dfd
  3. #afbcfe
  4. #ebeeff
  5. #ebeeff

Shades

#afbcfe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #afbcfe
  2. #9ea9e5
  3. #8c96cb
  4. #7b84b2
  5. #697198
  6. #585e7f
  7. #464b66
  8. #35384c
  9. #232633
  10. #121319
  11. #000000

Tints

#afbcfe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #afbcfe
  2. #b7c3fe
  3. #bfc9fe
  4. #c7d0fe
  5. #cfd7fe
  6. #d7deff
  7. #dfe4ff
  8. #e7ebff
  9. #eff2ff
  10. #f7f8ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#afbcfe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #afbcfe
  2. #aab6f1
  3. #a6b0e5
  4. #a1aad8
  5. #9ca4cc
  6. #989ebf
  7. #9398b2
  8. #8e92a6
  9. #898c99
  10. #85868d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.83:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.45:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bfbfbf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b9bedb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a8c3ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a3bcfc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9ac8d3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #abc0ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a8bcfd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a3c4e5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-afbcfe {
  color: #afbcfe;
}
Background
.bg-afbcfe {
  background-color: #afbcfe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-afbcfe {
  border: 2px solid #afbcfe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #afbcfe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 188 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 230 98% 84%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-afbcfe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #afbcfe, #caaffe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-afbcfe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 188 254 / 0.35);
}

#ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 7.00 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.68 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.75 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 11.88 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 13.35 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 13.51 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 14.02 #504301 Inverted #bfbfbf Grayscale 

Periwinkle
#afbcfe  rgb(175, 188, 254)  hsl(230, 98%, 84%)  Periwinkle
#fef1af  rgb(254, 241, 175)  hsl(50, 98%, 84%)  Vanilla
#feafbc  rgb(254, 175, 188)  hsl(350, 98%, 84%)  Light Pink
#bcfeaf  rgb(188, 254, 175)  hsl(110, 98%, 84%)  Pale Green