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Recognised as Colour

#AFADE4

  • #AFADE4
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#AFADE4 is a blue with RGB values 175, 173, 228 and HSL 242°, 50%, 79%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#AFADE4#AFADE4
HEX#AFADE4
RGBrgb(175, 173, 228)
RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.6784, 0.8941
RGB percentages68.6%, 67.8%, 89.4%
HSLhsl(242.2, 50.5%, 78.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(242.2, 24.1%, 89.4%)
CMYK23.2%, 24.1%, 0%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,513,316
CSS custom property--colour: #AFADE4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44603WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness180.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.92:1
Contrast with white2.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.92:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B1B1B1
Inverted#50521B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9FB4E6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#9EB1E3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.5 from the original
Tritanopia#A3B6C0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.12:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 19.1Thistle · ΔE 19.6Plum · ΔE 20.9Light skyblue · ΔE 24.2Cornflower blue · ΔE 24.6Steel blue · ΔE 26.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 19.1, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E2E4AD
Analogous#ADC7E4, #CAADE4
Triadic#E4AFAD, #ADE4AF
Split complementary#E4CBAD, #C7E4AD
Tetradic#E4ADC7, #E2E4AD, #ADE4CB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FAFAFD
Lighter +10%#D4D3F1
Darker −10%#8A87D7
Darker −20%#6460CB
Darker −30%#423DBB
Darker −40%#343194
More saturated +25%#A29FF2
Less saturated −25%#BCBBD6

Channel breakdown

R175
G173
B228
Red175 (68.6%)
Green173 (67.8%)
Blue228 (89.4%)
Hue242.18°
Saturation (HSL)50.46%
Lightness78.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AF · G AD · B E4

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