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#afbdfd ≈ Periwinkle

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#afbdfd 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, 74.12% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 30.83% cyan, 25.3% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 229.23°, with 95.12% saturation and 83.92% 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 11.52:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Periwinkle (#ccccff), ΔE 6.87.

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Web safe#99ccff
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Relative luminance0.526

Complementary

  1. #afbdfd
  2. #fdefaf

Split complementary

  1. #afbdfd
  2. #fdc8af
  3. #e4fdaf

Analogous

  1. #afe4fd
  2. #afbdfd
  3. #c8affd

Triadic

  1. #afbdfd
  2. #fdafbd
  3. #bdfdaf

Tetradic

  1. #afbdfd
  2. #efaffd
  3. #fdefaf
  4. #bdfdaf

Square

  1. #afbdfd
  2. #fdafe4
  3. #fdefaf
  4. #affdc8

Monochromatic

  1. #1a42f9
  2. #647ffb
  3. #afbdfd
  4. #ebefff
  5. #ebefff

Shades

#afbdfd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #afbdfd
  2. #9eaae4
  3. #8c97ca
  4. #7b84b1
  5. #697198
  6. #585f7f
  7. #464c65
  8. #35394c
  9. #232633
  10. #121319
  11. #000000

Tints

#afbdfd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #afbdfd
  2. #b7c4fd
  3. #bfcafd
  4. #c7d1fe
  5. #cfd7fe
  6. #d7defe
  7. #dfe5fe
  8. #e7ebfe
  9. #eff2ff
  10. #f7f8ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#afbdfd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #afbdfd
  2. #aab7f1
  3. #a6b1e4
  4. #a1abd8
  5. #9ca5cb
  6. #989fbf
  7. #9398b2
  8. #8e92a6
  9. #898c99
  10. #85868d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.82:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.52:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c0c0c0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b9bfdb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #aac3ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a4bdfb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9ac9d3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #acc1ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a9bdfc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a3c4e5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-afbdfd {
  color: #afbdfd;
}
Background
.bg-afbdfd {
  background-color: #afbdfd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-afbdfd {
  border: 2px solid #afbdfd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #afbdfd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 189 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 229 95% 84%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-afbdfd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #afbdfd, #c8affd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-afbdfd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 189 253 / 0.35);
}

#ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 6.87 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.60 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.62 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 11.82 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 13.31 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 13.46 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 14.13 #504202 Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Periwinkle
#afbdfd  rgb(175, 189, 253)  hsl(229, 95%, 84%)  Periwinkle
#fdefaf  rgb(253, 239, 175)  hsl(49, 95%, 84%)  Vanilla
#fdafbd  rgb(253, 175, 189)  hsl(349, 95%, 84%)  Light Pink
#bdfdaf  rgb(189, 253, 175)  hsl(109, 95%, 84%)  Pale Green