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Recognised as Colour

#AFACEE

  • #AFACEE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#AFACEE is a blue with RGB values 175, 172, 238 and HSL 243°, 66%, 80%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#AFACEE#AFACEE
HEX#AFACEE
RGBrgb(175, 172, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.6745, 0.9333
RGB percentages68.6%, 67.5%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(242.7, 66%, 80.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(242.7, 27.7%, 93.3%)
CMYK26.5%, 27.7%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,513,070
CSS custom property--colour: #AFACEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44792WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness181.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.96:1
Contrast with white2.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B1B1B1
Inverted#505311

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9AB4F1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#99B1ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.5 from the original
Tritanopia#A0B8C3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.11:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 20.3Cornflower blue · ΔE 20.8Thistle · ΔE 24.5Light steelblue · ΔE 24.6Light skyblue · ΔE 27.3Steel blue · ΔE 28
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 20.29, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EBEEAC
Analogous#ACCAEE, #D0ACEE
Triadic#EEAFAC, #ACEEAF
Split complementary#EED0AC, #CAEEAC
Tetradic#EEACCA, #EBEEAC, #ACEED0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#D8D6F7
Darker −10%#8682E5
Darker −20%#5D57DD
Darker −30%#352DD4
Darker −40%#2923AB
More saturated +25%#A4A0FB
Less saturated −25%#BAB9E2

Channel breakdown

R175
G172
B238
Red175 (68.6%)
Green172 (67.5%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue242.73°
Saturation (HSL)66%
Lightness80.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AF · G AC · B EE

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