Information about #AFCAF8 color

#AFCAF8 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#AFCAF8 falls into the Azure Color Family — High Saturation, Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(175, 202, 248) — 68.6% red, 79.2% green, 97.3% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 29 / 18 / 0 / 3. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#AFCAF8 is a strongly colored steel-blue azure that has a delicate, washed-out lightness. In practice it works well for airy backdrops, whitespace-heavy designs and gentle gradients. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Electricity (#B3CEFF). Slightly further away sit Pale Cornflower Blue (#ABCDEF) and Tropical Blue (#AEC9EB).

In RGB terms — rgb(175, 202, 248) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 12.6:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 1.7:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #AFCAF8 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#AFCAF8 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#AFCAF8 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #AFCAF8

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

#AFCAF8 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#AFCAF8
  • RGB175, 202, 248
  • CMYK29, 18, 0, 3
  • CSSrgb(175, 202, 248)
  • HSL218°, 84%, 83%
  • HSL Precise217.808°, 83.908%, 82.941%
  • HSV218°, 29%, 97%
  • HSB218°, 29%, 97%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.686
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.792
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.973
  • GLSLvec3(0.686, 0.792, 0.973)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.686, 0.792, 0.973, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.686, 0.792, 0.973)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB68.6%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB79.2%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB97.3%
  • Color Family (Hue)Azure
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDAFCAF8
  • DECIMAL ID11520760
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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