#AFD2E8
Light Blue · very light cool blue
About #AFD2E8
#AFD2E8 is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 69% red, 82% green and 91% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 25% cyan, 9% magenta, 0% yellow and 9% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is very close to Light Blue (ΔE 5.4); Powder Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #E8C5AF — a apricot tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #AFD2E8 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 13.21:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #AFD2E8
WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.
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How #AFD2E8 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #AFD2E8?
#AFD2E8 is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 69% red, 82% green and 91% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 25% cyan, 9% magenta, 0% yellow and 9% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #AFD2E8?
Use black text. Black on #AFD2E8 has a contrast ratio of 13.21:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #AFD2E8?
Its complementary colour is #E8C5AF, and analogous partners are #AFE8E1 and #AFB6E8.