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#afdfd9 ≈ Pale Turquoise

  • teal
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#afdfd9 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 85.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 21.52% cyan, 0% magenta, 2.69% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 172.5°, 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 14.38:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pale Turquoise (#afeeee), ΔE 4.5.

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Relative luminance0.669

Complementary

  1. #afdfd9
  2. #dfafb5

Split complementary

  1. #afdfd9
  2. #dfafcd
  3. #dfc1af

Analogous

  1. #afdfc1
  2. #afdfd9
  3. #afcddf

Triadic

  1. #afdfd9
  2. #d9afdf
  3. #dfd9af

Tetradic

  1. #afdfd9
  2. #afb5df
  3. #dfafb5
  4. #dfd9af

Square

  1. #afdfd9
  2. #c1afdf
  3. #dfafb5
  4. #cddfaf

Monochromatic

  1. #46afa2
  2. #78c9bf
  3. #afdfd9
  4. #e6f5f3
  5. #f0f9f8

Shades

#afdfd9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #afdfd9
  2. #9ec9c3
  3. #8cb2ae
  4. #7b9c98
  5. #698682
  6. #58706d
  7. #465957
  8. #354341
  9. #232d2b
  10. #121616
  11. #000000

Tints

#afdfd9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #afdfd9
  2. #b7e2dd
  3. #bfe5e1
  4. #c7e9e4
  5. #cfece8
  6. #d7efec
  7. #dff2f0
  8. #e7f5f4
  9. #eff9f7
  10. #f7fcfb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#afdfd9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #afdfd9
  2. #aad6d0
  3. #a6ccc7
  4. #a1c3be
  5. #9cb9b5
  6. #98b0ad
  7. #93a6a4
  8. #8e9d9b
  9. #899392
  10. #858a89
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.46:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.38:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d6d6d6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c7d9d7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dadad9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d1d3da ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a1e1dd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cadcd9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c4d8d9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a7e0db ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-afdfd9 {
  color: #afdfd9;
}
Background
.bg-afdfd9 {
  background-color: #afdfd9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-afdfd9 {
  border: 2px solid #afdfd9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #afdfd9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 223 217;
  --color-primary-hsl: 173 43% 78%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-afdfd9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #afdfd9, #afcddf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-afdfd9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 223 217 / 0.35);
}

#afeeee Pale Turquoise ΔE 4.50 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 5.08 #a8c3bc Opal ΔE 7.87 #b2ffff Celeste ΔE 7.97 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 8.75 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 9.00 #e0ffff Light Cyan ΔE 9.39 #502026 Inverted #d6d6d6 Grayscale 

Pale Turquoise
#afdfd9  rgb(175, 223, 217)  hsl(173, 43%, 78%)  Pale Turquoise
#dfafb5  rgb(223, 175, 181)  hsl(353, 43%, 78%)  Pastel Pink
#d9afdf  rgb(217, 175, 223)  hsl(293, 43%, 78%)  Plum
#dfd9af  rgb(223, 217, 175)  hsl(53, 43%, 78%)  Vanilla