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#afdfd8 ≈ Pale Turquoise

  • teal
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#afdfd8 is a color from the teal family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 87.45% green and 84.71% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 21.52% cyan, 0% magenta, 3.14% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 171.25°, with 42.86% saturation and 78.04% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with clarity, calm and renewal. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 14.37:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pale Turquoise (#afeeee), ΔE 4.72.

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Relative luminance0.6685

Complementary

  1. #afdfd8
  2. #dfafb6

Split complementary

  1. #afdfd8
  2. #dfafce
  3. #dfc0af

Analogous

  1. #afdfc0
  2. #afdfd8
  3. #afcedf

Triadic

  1. #afdfd8
  2. #d8afdf
  3. #dfd8af

Tetradic

  1. #afdfd8
  2. #afb6df
  3. #dfafb6
  4. #dfd8af

Square

  1. #afdfd8
  2. #c0afdf
  3. #dfafb6
  4. #cedfaf

Monochromatic

  1. #46afa0
  2. #78c9bd
  3. #afdfd8
  4. #e6f5f3
  5. #f0f9f8

Shades

#afdfd8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #afdfd8
  2. #9ec9c2
  3. #8cb2ad
  4. #7b9c97
  5. #698682
  6. #58706c
  7. #465956
  8. #354341
  9. #232d2b
  10. #121616
  11. #000000

Tints

#afdfd8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #afdfd8
  2. #b7e2dc
  3. #bfe5e0
  4. #c7e9e4
  5. #cfece8
  6. #d7efec
  7. #dff2ef
  8. #e7f5f3
  9. #eff9f7
  10. #f7fcfb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#afdfd8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #afdfd8
  2. #aad6cf
  3. #a6ccc6
  4. #a1c3be
  5. #9cb9b5
  6. #98b0ac
  7. #93a6a3
  8. #8e9d9a
  9. #899392
  10. #858a89
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.46:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.37:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d5d5d5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c7d9d6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dad9d8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d1d3d9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a1e1dd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cadcd8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c4d8d8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a7e0db ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-afdfd8 {
  color: #afdfd8;
}
Background
.bg-afdfd8 {
  background-color: #afdfd8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-afdfd8 {
  border: 2px solid #afdfd8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #afdfd8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 223 216;
  --color-primary-hsl: 171 43% 78%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-afdfd8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #afdfd8, #afcedf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-afdfd8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 223 216 / 0.35);
}

#afeeee Pale Turquoise ΔE 4.72 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 5.48 #a8c3bc Opal ΔE 7.87 #b2ffff Celeste ΔE 8.10 #aaf0d1 Magic Mint ΔE 9.10 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 9.18 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 9.40 #502027 Inverted #d5d5d5 Grayscale 

Pale Turquoise
#afdfd8  rgb(175, 223, 216)  hsl(171, 43%, 78%)  Pale Turquoise
#dfafb6  rgb(223, 175, 182)  hsl(351, 43%, 78%)  Pastel Pink
#d8afdf  rgb(216, 175, 223)  hsl(291, 43%, 78%)  Lilac
#dfd8af  rgb(223, 216, 175)  hsl(51, 43%, 78%)  Vanilla