Light blue
#AFBEEA
#AFBEEA is a light blue with low intensity, at step 300 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 10.2:1. On white it reaches only 1.8:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#AFBEEA shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #AFBEEA kept exactly at step 300. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 F4F7FF
- 100 E4EBFF
- 200 CBD8FD
- 300 AFBEEA
- 400 94A2CB
- 500 7886AF
- 600 5F6C93
- 700 485478
- 800 343E5E
- 900 222A45
- 950 11172C
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-blue-50: #f4f7ff; --color-blue-100: #e4ebff; --color-blue-200: #cbd8fd; --color-blue-300: #afbeea; --color-blue-400: #94a2cb; --color-blue-500: #7886af; --color-blue-600: #5f6c93; --color-blue-700: #485478; --color-blue-800: #343e5e; --color-blue-900: #222a45; --color-blue-950: #11172c;}Is #AFBEEA readable?
Contrast for text on #AFBEEA and for #AFBEEA used as text. WCAG 2.2 asks for 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text; APCA Lc rates how comfortable the text is to read.
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
White text on it
Fail · 1.8APCA Lc 39 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 10.2APCA Lc 68 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #68759E · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 1.8APCA Lc 35 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 10.2APCA Lc 67 · Content text 16px and up
Color palettes with #AFBEEA
Six palettes built around #AFBEEA, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#AFBEEA · #9E89D6 · #2BB1EB · #FED9FF · #1F222F
- Complementary#AFBEEA · #D1AE27 · #DFA700 · #D4E2FF · #262936
- Split complementary#AFBEEA · #C7761F · #86C81F · #D2DFFF · #212329
- Triadic#AFBEEA · #DA7E78 · #3FC456 · #DDE9FF · #2E313C
- Tetradic#AFBEEA · #D67A95 · #E0A700 · #8FEEE1 · #2E3035
- Monochromatic#AFBEEA · #6880B9 · #A0B3FF · #E0E8FF · #20242D
#AFBEEA as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #AFBEEA looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #F4F7FF
- Brand 100, #E4EBFF
- Brand 200, #CBD8FD
- Brand 300, #AFBEEA
- Brand 400, #94A2CB
- Brand 500, #7886AF
- Brand 600, #5F6C93
- Brand 700, #485478
- Brand 800, #343E5E
- Brand 900, #222A45
- Brand 950, #11172C
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #FAFAFB
- Neutral 100, #F3F4F6
- Neutral 200, #E4E5E8
- Neutral 300, #D2D4D9
- Neutral 400, #9EA1A8
- Neutral 500, #70737C
- Neutral 600, #51545C
- Neutral 700, #3D4047
- Neutral 800, #25282E
- Neutral 900, #16181E
- Neutral 950, #080A0F
Success
- Success 50, #E3FFEE
- Success 100, #B4FFD6
- Success 200, #9AEFC1
- Success 300, #77D6A6
- Success 400, #51BB88
- Success 500, #38AA77
- Success 600, #008254
- Success 700, #006641
- Success 800, #004D30
- Success 900, #003520
- Success 950, #001F10
Warning
- Warning 50, #FFF5EB
- Warning 100, #FFE7CE
- Warning 200, #FFCF9D
- Warning 300, #ECA655
- Warning 400, #D69344
- Warning 500, #B9771D
- Warning 600, #995E00
- Warning 700, #784900
- Warning 800, #5B3600
- Warning 900, #402400
- Warning 950, #261300
Danger
- Danger 50, #FFF4F3
- Danger 100, #FFE4E2
- Danger 200, #FFCAC7
- Danger 300, #FFA29F
- Danger 400, #F77575
- Danger 500, #D45154
- Danger 600, #B93A40
- Danger 700, #991F2A
- Danger 800, #7B0419
- Danger 900, #58000E
- Danger 950, #360005
Info
- Info 50, #F2F7FF
- Info 100, #DFEDFF
- Info 200, #C0DCFF
- Info 300, #93C3FF
- Info 400, #70A6EB
- Info 500, #5188CD
- Info 600, #396EB0
- Info 700, #235693
- Info 800, #103F76
- Info 900, #012A59
- Info 950, #001737
- Primary buttons use Brand 300 with neutral 950 text, at 10.7:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 300: it already reads on the dark background at 10.7:1.
- Neutrals carry a hint of its hue, so grays, borders and surfaces feel related to the brand.
- Success, warning, danger and info lean toward its hue and stay easy to tell apart.
Colors related to #AFBEEA
Lighter and darker versions, its complementary color, neighbors on the color wheel and softer variants.