#AFC5D3

A light, muted blue closely aligning with Lightsteelblue.

About #AFC5D3

The precise color #AFC5D3 is an excellent choice for modern design projects. Designers often compare it to the standard color Lightsteelblue. Its digital footprint relies on 175 parts red, 197 parts green, and 211 parts blue light.

If you are designing for print, the four-color process is what matters most. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 17% cyan and 7% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 203.3 degrees, it sits comfortably in the blue spectrum.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. The calculated luminance score dictates that #000000 typography is the safest choice. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#AFC5D3
RGB175, 197, 211
HSL203.3°, 29.0%, 75.7%
CMYK17%, 7%, 0%, 17%
HSV203.3°, 17.1%, 82.7%
LAB78.3, -4.5, -9.5
XYZ49.4, 53.7, 69.4
Decimal11519443

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

1.79:1
Text on #FFFFFF
FAIL
11.75:1
Text on #000000
AAA
1.71:1
Text on #F8FAFC
FAIL
9.99:1
Text on #0F172A
AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #AFC5D3; }
.text-color { color: #AFC5D3; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #AFC5D3; }

Similar Colors

Lightsteelblue
#B0C4DE