#afe9ec

Color #afe9ec

A moderately saturated very light cyan.

Closest named color Pale Turquoise #afeeee · ΔE 2.68 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-200 #a2f4fd · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#afe9ec

RGB

rgb(175, 233, 236)

HSL

hsl(183, 61.6%, 80.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(183, 25.8%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.8%, 1.3%, 0%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(88.66, -17.6, -7.42)

LCH

lch(88.66, 19.1, 202.86)

OKLCH

oklch(89.6%, 0.0589, 200.16)

HWB

hwb(183, 68.6%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ecb2af

Analogous

#afecd1

#afe9ec

#afcaec

Triadic

#afe9ec

#ecafe9

#e9ecaf

Split-complementary

#afe9ec

#ecafca

#ecd1af

Tetradic

#afe9ec

#b2afec

#ecb2af

#e9ecaf

Square

#afe9ec

#d1afec

#ecb2af

#caecaf

Shades

Color #afe9ec mixed toward black.

#78dadf

#40cad2

#27a0a6

#1a6a6f

#0d3537

Tints

Color #afe9ec mixed toward white.

#bcedef

#caf0f2

#d7f4f6

#e4f8f9

#f2fbfc

Tones

Color #afe9ec mixed toward gray.

#b4e4e7

#b9e0e2

#bedbdd

#c3d7d8

#c8d2d3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.34:1

Aa Black text on this color

15.69:1

Black text reads better on this background (15.69:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#cbcbeb · ΔE 23.5

Deuteranopia

#c7c3eb · ΔE 25.5

Tritanopia

#b3ebeb · ΔE 1.3

Achromatopsia

#dfdfdf · ΔE 16.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #afe9ec;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#afe9ec]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Frequently asked questions

#afe9ec (#afe9ec) is rgb(175, 233, 236) in RGB.

No, #afe9ec 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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