#afc8e2

Color #afc8e2

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 1.96 Nearest Tailwind class blue-200 #bedbff · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#afc8e2

RGB

rgb(175, 200, 226)

HSL

hsl(210.6, 46.8%, 78.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(210.6, 22.6%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.6%, 11.5%, 0%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(79.56, -2.82, -15.7)

LCH

lch(79.56, 15.95, 259.82)

OKLCH

oklch(82.3%, 0.0456, 249.46)

HWB

hwb(210.6, 68.6%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e2c9af

Analogous

#afe1e2

#afc8e2

#afafe2

Triadic

#afc8e2

#e2afc8

#c8e2af

Split-complementary

#afc8e2

#e2afaf

#e1e2af

Tetradic

#afc8e2

#c9afe2

#e2c9af

#c8e2af

Square

#afc8e2

#e2afe1

#e2c9af

#afe2af

Shades

Color #afc8e2 mixed toward black.

#7ea6d0

#4d84be

#356393

#244262

#122131

Tints

Color #afc8e2 mixed toward white.

#bcd1e7

#cadaec

#d7e3f0

#e4edf5

#f2f6fa

Tones

Color #afc8e2 mixed toward gray.

#b3c8de

#b7c8d9

#bcc8d5

#c0c8d1

#c4c8cd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.72:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.18:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.18:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#babbdc · ΔE 10.7

Deuteranopia

#b9b7db · ΔE 12.2

Tritanopia

#b0d7d6 · ΔE 13.7

Achromatopsia

#c5c5c5 · ΔE 11.9

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #afc8e2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#afc8e2]

Related colors

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Frequently asked questions

#afc8e2 (#afc8e2) is rgb(175, 200, 226) in RGB.

No, #afc8e2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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