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#AFBEE2

#afbee2 ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#afbee2 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 74.51% green and 88.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 22.57% cyan, 15.93% magenta, 0% yellow and 11.37% black. Its hue angle is 222.35°, with 46.79% saturation and 78.63% 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 11.29:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 4.55.

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Relative luminance0.5143

Complementary

  1. #afbee2
  2. #e2d3af

Split complementary

  1. #afbee2
  2. #e2baaf
  3. #d8e2af

Analogous

  1. #afd8e2
  2. #afbee2
  3. #baafe2

Triadic

  1. #afbee2
  2. #e2afbe
  3. #bee2af

Tetradic

  1. #afbee2
  2. #d3afe2
  3. #e2d3af
  4. #bee2af

Square

  1. #afbee2
  2. #e2afd8
  3. #e2d3af
  4. #afe2ba

Monochromatic

  1. #4264b6
  2. #7790ce
  3. #afbee2
  4. #e7ecf6
  5. #f0f3fa

Shades

#afbee2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #afbee2
  2. #9eabcb
  3. #8c98b5
  4. #7b859e
  5. #697288
  6. #585f71
  7. #464c5a
  8. #353944
  9. #23262d
  10. #121317
  11. #000000

Tints

#afbee2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #afbee2
  2. #b7c5e5
  3. #bfcbe8
  4. #c7d2eb
  5. #cfd8ee
  6. #d7dff1
  7. #dfe5f3
  8. #e7ecf6
  9. #eff2f9
  10. #f7f9fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#afbee2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #afbee2
  2. #aab8d8
  3. #a6b2ce
  4. #a1abc5
  5. #9ca5bb
  6. #989fb1
  7. #9399a7
  8. #8e939d
  9. #898c94
  10. #85868a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.86:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.29:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bebebe ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b8becd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b3c0e4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #afbce1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a2c5ca ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b1bfe3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #afbde1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a8c2d4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-afbee2 {
  color: #afbee2;
}
Background
.bg-afbee2 {
  background-color: #afbee2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-afbee2 {
  border: 2px solid #afbee2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #afbee2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 190 226;
  --color-primary-hsl: 222 47% 79%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-afbee2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #afbee2, #baafe2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-afbee2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 190 226 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 4.55 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 4.66 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 7.25 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 9.80 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 11.89 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 12.23 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 12.33 #50411d Inverted #bebebe Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#afbee2  rgb(175, 190, 226)  hsl(222, 47%, 79%)  Light Steel Blue
#e2d3af  rgb(226, 211, 175)  hsl(42, 47%, 79%)  Wheat
#e2afbe  rgb(226, 175, 190)  hsl(342, 47%, 79%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#bee2af  rgb(190, 226, 175)  hsl(102, 47%, 79%)  Tea Green