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Recognised as Colour

#AFA7D8

  • #AFA7D8
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Thistle

#AFA7D8 is a blue with RGB values 175, 167, 216 and HSL 250°, 39%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#AFA7D8#AFA7D8
HEX#AFA7D8
RGBrgb(175, 167, 216)
RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.6549, 0.8471
RGB percentages68.6%, 65.5%, 84.7%
HSLhsl(249.8, 38.6%, 75.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(249.8, 22.7%, 84.7%)
CMYK19%, 22.7%, 0%, 15.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,511,768
CSS custom property--colour: #AFA7D8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41709WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness175.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.34:1
Contrast with white2.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ACACAC
Inverted#505827

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9CAEDAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#9CACD7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.8 from the original
Tritanopia#A7AFB8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.25:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 17.3Light steelblue · ΔE 18.3Plum · ΔE 19.9Light slate grey · ΔE 24.6Light skyblue · ΔE 25.8Steel blue · ΔE 26.3
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 17.31, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D0D8A7
Analogous#A7B7D8, #C8A7D8
Triadic#D8AFA7, #A7D8AF
Split complementary#D8C8A7, #B7D8A7
Tetradic#D8A7B7, #D0D8A7, #A7D8C8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EFEEF7
Lighter +10%#CFCAE8
Darker −10%#8F84C8
Darker −20%#6F60B9
Darker −30%#55479F
Darker −40%#42377C
More saturated +25%#A497E8
Less saturated −25%#BAB7C8

Channel breakdown

R175
G167
B216
Red175 (68.6%)
Green167 (65.5%)
Blue216 (84.7%)
Hue249.8°
Saturation (HSL)38.58%
Lightness75.1%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AF · G A7 · B D8

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