HEX Color #AFA0F8 (Cornflowerblue)

About #AFA0F8

The precise color #AFA0F8 is an excellent choice for modern design projects. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Cornflowerblue. In the RGB color space, it consists of 175 red, 160 green, and 248 blue.

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. The color uses 29% Cyan, 35% Magenta, 0% Yellow, and 3% Black. The HSL representation is 250.2° hue, 86.3% saturation, and 80.0% lightness.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Because it is a very light color, it is generally recommended to use #000000 text. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#AFA0F8

RGB175, 160, 248

HSL250.2°, 86.3%, 80.0%

CMYK29%, 35%, 0%, 3%

HSV250.2°, 35.5%, 97.3%

LAB70.2, 24.4, -42.0

XYZ47.2, 41.0, 94.2

Decimal11510008

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#AFA0F8 #E8F8A0

Analogous

#A0BCF8 #DBA0F8

Triadic

#F8AFA0 #A0F8AF

Tetradic

#F8A0BC #E8F8A0 #A0F8DB

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#AFA0F8

#B7AAF8

#C0B5F9

#C9BFFA

#D2CAFB

#DBD4FB

#E4DFFC

#EDE9FD

#F6F4FE

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#AFA0F8

#9B8EDC

#887CC0

#746AA5

#615889

#4D476E

#3A3552

#262337

#13111B

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.28:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

9.21:1

Text on #000000

AAA

2.18:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

7.83:1

Text on #0F172A

AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #AFA0F8; }

.text-color { color: #AFA0F8; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #AFA0F8; }

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Cornflowerblue

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