#afcbe8

Color #afcbe8

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 3.53 Nearest Tailwind class blue-200 #bedbff · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#afcbe8

RGB

rgb(175, 203, 232)

HSL

hsl(210.5, 55.3%, 79.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(210.5, 24.6%, 91%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.6%, 12.5%, 0%, 9%)

LAB

lab(80.54, -3.06, -17.43)

LCH

lch(80.54, 17.7, 260.04)

OKLCH

oklch(83.1%, 0.0509, 249.39)

HWB

hwb(210.5, 68.6%, 9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e8ccaf

Analogous

#afe8e8

#afcbe8

#afafe8

Triadic

#afcbe8

#e8afcb

#cbe8af

Split-complementary

#afcbe8

#e8afaf

#e8e8af

Tetradic

#afcbe8

#ccafe8

#e8ccaf

#cbe8af

Square

#afcbe8

#e8afe8

#e8ccaf

#afe8af

Shades

Color #afcbe8 mixed toward black.

#7aa9d9

#4687ca

#2d659e

#1e4369

#0f2235

Tints

Color #afcbe8 mixed toward white.

#bcd4ec

#cadcf0

#d7e5f3

#e4eef7

#f2f6fb

Tones

Color #afcbe8 mixed toward gray.

#b4cbe3

#b8cbde

#bdcbda

#c2cbd5

#c7cbd0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.68:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.53:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.53:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bcbce1 · ΔE 11.7

Deuteranopia

#bab8e0 · ΔE 12.5

Tritanopia

#b1dcdb · ΔE 14.5

Achromatopsia

#c8c8c8 · ΔE 12.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #afcbe8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#afcbe8]

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

#afcbe8 (#afcbe8) is rgb(175, 203, 232) in RGB.

No, #afcbe8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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