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Recognised as Colour

#AEAFCF

  • #AEAFCF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#AEAFCF is a blue with RGB values 174, 175, 207 and HSL 238°, 26%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#AEAFCF#AEAFCF
HEX#AEAFCF
RGBrgb(174, 175, 207)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.6863, 0.8118
RGB percentages68.2%, 68.6%, 81.2%
HSLhsl(238.2, 25.6%, 74.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(238.2, 15.9%, 81.2%)
CMYK15.9%, 15.5%, 0%, 18.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,448,271
CSS custom property--colour: #AEAFCF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44164WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.83:1
Contrast with white2.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B1B1B1
Inverted#515030

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A7B2D0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#A6B0CEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original
Tritanopia#A7B4B9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.14:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 9.7Thistle · ΔE 12.6Dark grey · ΔE 17.7Silver · ΔE 18.2Light slate grey · ΔE 19.2Lavender · ΔE 20.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 9.69, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CFCEAE
Analogous#AEBFCF, #BEAECF
Triadic#CFAEAF, #AFCFAE
Split complementary#CFBEAE, #C0CFAE
Tetradic#CFAEBF, #CFCEAE, #AECFBE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EEEEF5
Lighter +10%#CECFE2
Darker −10%#8E8FBC
Darker −20%#6E70A9
Darker −30%#55578F
Darker −40%#42436F
More saturated +25%#9EA0DF
Less saturated −25%#BEBEBF

Channel breakdown

R174
G175
B207
Red174 (68.2%)
Green175 (68.6%)
Blue207 (81.2%)
Hue238.18°
Saturation (HSL)25.58%
Lightness74.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AE · G AF · B CF

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