#AFAFFE

sRGB: 175 / 175 / 254

Radiant blossoms reshape eternity
Sacred blossoms transform the fabric of existence
Celestial symphonies transcend the limits of dreams

#AFAFFE belongs to the blue family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 175 red, 175 green and 254 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 240.0° lands in the blue region. Its 97.5% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 84.1% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (10.39:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 175, 175, 254
HSL: 240.00°, 97.53%, 84.12%
HSV / HSB: 240.00°, 31.10%, 99.61%
CMYK (approx.): 31.10%, 31.10%, 0.00%, 0.39%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 50.896, 46.929, 100.146
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 74.144, 17.471, -39.066
WCAG relative luminance: 0.46930
24-bit decimal: 11513854

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #AFAFFE in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 10.39:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 2.02:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#FEFEAF sits half a turn (180°) from #AFAFFE on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#AFAFFE #FEFEAF

Analogous

#AFD7FE and #D7AFFE sit 30° to either side of #AFAFFE. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#AFD7FE #AFAFFE #D7AFFE

Triadic

#AFAFFE, #FEAFAF and #AFFEAF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#AFAFFE #FEAFAF #AFFEAF

Split complementary

Start at #AFAFFE and look across the wheel. #FED7AF and #D7FEAF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#AFAFFE #FED7AF #D7FEAF

Square

Starting with #AFAFFE, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #FEAFD7, #FEFEAF, then #AFFED7. Across the square, #AFAFFE pairs with #FEFEAF, and #FEAFD7 with #AFFED7.

#AFAFFE #FEAFD7 #FEFEAF #AFFED7

Tetradic

#AFAFFE and #FEFEAF are opposites, as are #FEAFFE and #AFFEAF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#AFAFFE #FEAFFE #FEFEAF #AFFEAF

Tints

Mixing #AFAFFE with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BFBFFE, keeps 80% of the original. By #EFEFFF, the mixture is 80% white.

#AFAFFE #BFBFFE #CFCFFE #DFDFFF #EFEFFF #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #AFAFFE with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #8C8CCB, keeps 80% of the original. By #232333, the mixture is 80% black.

#AFAFFE #8C8CCB #696998 #464666 #232333 #000000

Tones

Mixing #AFAFFE with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A6A6E5, keeps 80% of the original. By #898999, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#AFAFFE #A6A6E5 #9C9CCC #9393B2 #898999 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#AFAFFE

RGB

rgb(175 175 254)

HSL

hsl(240.000 97.531% 84.118%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #AFAFFE;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#AFAFFE uses 175 red, 175 green and 254 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 68.6%

Green 68.6%

Blue 99.6%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #AFAFFE is 31.1% cyan, 31.1% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 0.4% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 31.1%

Magenta 31.1%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 0.4%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #AAAAFF. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #AAF in CSS. For a modern design, keep #AFAFFE when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #9999FF, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #AAAAFF Nearest web-safe: #9999FF

Gradient to complement

#AFAFFE #BCBCF1 #C9C9E4 #D7D7D7 #E4E4C9 #F1F1BC #FEFEAF

Color vision previews

Compare how #AFAFFE appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#98B9FF

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#95B4FC

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#9BBDCB

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#A0B5FF

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#9EB3FD

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#AAB4ED

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#B6B6B6

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#B3B3DE

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.42869 G 0.42869 B 0.99110

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.68627 G 0.68627 B 0.97350

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.42869 G 0.42869 B 0.94078

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.257 y 0.237 Y 46.929

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 31.373 M % 31.373 Y % 0.392

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

10101111 10101111 11111110