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#afcdfd ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#afcdfd is a color from the azure family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 80.39% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 30.83% cyan, 18.97% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 216.92°, with 95.12% saturation and 83.92% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 12.97:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 5.89.

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Relative luminance0.5987

Complementary

  1. #afcdfd
  2. #fddfaf

Split complementary

  1. #afcdfd
  2. #fdb8af
  3. #f4fdaf

Analogous

  1. #aff4fd
  2. #afcdfd
  3. #b8affd

Triadic

  1. #afcdfd
  2. #fdafcd
  3. #cdfdaf

Tetradic

  1. #afcdfd
  2. #dfaffd
  3. #fddfaf
  4. #cdfdaf

Square

  1. #afcdfd
  2. #fdaff4
  3. #fddfaf
  4. #affdb8

Monochromatic

  1. #1a70f9
  2. #649efb
  3. #afcdfd
  4. #ebf3ff
  5. #ebf3ff

Shades

#afcdfd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #afcdfd
  2. #9eb9e4
  3. #8ca4ca
  4. #7b90b1
  5. #697b98
  6. #58677f
  7. #465265
  8. #353e4c
  9. #232933
  10. #121519
  11. #000000

Tints

#afcdfd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #afcdfd
  2. #b7d2fd
  3. #bfd7fd
  4. #c7dcfe
  5. #cfe1fe
  6. #d7e6fe
  7. #dfebfe
  8. #e7f0fe
  9. #eff5ff
  10. #f7faff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#afcdfd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #afcdfd
  2. #aac5f1
  3. #a6bee4
  4. #a1b6d8
  5. #9caecb
  6. #98a7bf
  7. #939fb2
  8. #8e97a6
  9. #898f99
  10. #85888d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.62:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.97:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cbcbcb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c1cce1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bdcfff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b4c8fc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #98d7dd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b7cefe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b2cafc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a2d3ea ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-afcdfd {
  color: #afcdfd;
}
Background
.bg-afcdfd {
  background-color: #afcdfd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-afcdfd {
  border: 2px solid #afcdfd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #afcdfd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 205 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 217 95% 84%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-afcdfd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #afcdfd, #b8affd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-afcdfd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 205 253 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 5.89 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 8.77 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 9.02 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.42 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 9.99 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 10.04 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.28 #503202 Inverted #cbcbcb Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#afcdfd  rgb(175, 205, 253)  hsl(217, 95%, 84%)  Light Steel Blue
#fddfaf  rgb(253, 223, 175)  hsl(37, 95%, 84%)  Navajo White
#fdafcd  rgb(253, 175, 205)  hsl(337, 95%, 84%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#cdfdaf  rgb(205, 253, 175)  hsl(97, 95%, 84%)  Tea Green