#afd9eb

Color #afd9eb

A moderately saturated very light cyan.

Closest named color Light Blue #add8e6 · ΔE 2.26 Nearest Tailwind class sky-200 #b8e6fe · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#afd9eb

RGB

rgb(175, 217, 235)

HSL

hsl(198, 60%, 80.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(198, 25.5%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.5%, 7.7%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(84.35, -9.7, -13.32)

LCH

lch(84.35, 16.48, 233.94)

OKLCH

oklch(86.1%, 0.0506, 225.88)

HWB

hwb(198, 68.6%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ebc1af

Analogous

#afebdf

#afd9eb

#afbbeb

Triadic

#afd9eb

#ebafd9

#d9ebaf

Split-complementary

#afd9eb

#ebafbb

#ebdfaf

Tetradic

#afd9eb

#c1afeb

#ebc1af

#d9ebaf

Square

#afd9eb

#dfafeb

#ebc1af

#bbebaf

Shades

Color #afd9eb mixed toward black.

#78bfdd

#42a5d0

#297fa4

#1b556d

#0e2a37

Tints

Color #afd9eb mixed toward white.

#bcdfee

#cae6f2

#d7ecf5

#e4f2f8

#f2f9fc

Tones

Color #afd9eb mixed toward gray.

#b4d7e6

#b9d5e1

#bed3dc

#c3d1d7

#c8cfd2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.51:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.95:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.95:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c3c3e7 · ΔE 18

Deuteranopia

#c0bde6 · ΔE 19.3

Tritanopia

#b1e3e3 · ΔE 8.6

Achromatopsia

#d2d2d2 · ΔE 13.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #afd9eb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#afd9eb]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#afd9eb (#afd9eb) is rgb(175, 217, 235) in RGB.

No, #afd9eb is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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