#afd8dc

Color #afd8dc

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Powder Blue #b0e0e6 · ΔE 3.37 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-100 #cefafe · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#afd8dc

RGB

rgb(175, 216, 220)

HSL

hsl(185.3, 39.1%, 77.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(185.3, 20.5%, 86.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.5%, 1.8%, 0%, 13.7%)

LAB

lab(83.65, -12.48, -6.4)

LCH

lch(83.65, 14.03, 207.15)

OKLCH

oklch(85.4%, 0.0433, 203.72)

HWB

hwb(185.3, 68.6%, 13.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dcb3af

Analogous

#afdcca

#afd8dc

#afc2dc

Triadic

#afd8dc

#dcafd8

#d8dcaf

Split-complementary

#afd8dc

#dcafc2

#dccaaf

Tetradic

#afd8dc

#b3afdc

#dcb3af

#d8dcaf

Square

#afd8dc

#caafdc

#dcb3af

#c2dcaf

Shades

Color #afd8dc mixed toward black.

#81c2c8

#54abb4

#3c8389

#28575c

#142c2e

Tints

Color #afd8dc mixed toward white.

#bcdfe2

#cae5e8

#d7ecee

#e4f2f3

#f2f9f9

Tones

Color #afd8dc mixed toward gray.

#b3d5d8

#b7d2d5

#bacfd1

#becccd

#c2c9c9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.54:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.68:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.68:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c2c3db · ΔE 18.8

Deuteranopia

#c0bddb · ΔE 21.6

Tritanopia

#b1dada · ΔE 1.8

Achromatopsia

#d0d0d0 · ΔE 13.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #afd8dc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#afd8dc]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#afd8dc (#afd8dc) is rgb(175, 216, 220) in RGB.

No, #afd8dc is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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