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Recognised as Colour

#AFAEBF

  • #AFAEBF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#AFAEBF is a blue with RGB values 175, 174, 191 and HSL 244°, 12%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#AFAEBF#AFAEBF
HEX#AFAEBF
RGBrgb(175, 174, 191)
RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.6824, 0.749
RGB percentages68.6%, 68.2%, 74.9%
HSLhsl(243.5, 11.7%, 71.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(243.5, 8.9%, 74.9%)
CMYK8.4%, 8.9%, 0%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,513,535
CSS custom property--colour: #AFAEBF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43148WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.63:1
Contrast with white2.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AFAFAF
Inverted#505140

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AAB0C0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#AAAFBEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original
Tritanopia#ACB1B3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.18:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 9.6Light steelblue · ΔE 10.7Silver · ΔE 11.1Thistle · ΔE 12.8Light grey · ΔE 15.9Light slate grey · ΔE 17
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 9.59, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BEBFAE
Analogous#AEB5BF, #B7AEBF
Triadic#BFAFAE, #AEBFAF
Split complementary#BFB7AE, #B5BFAE
Tetradic#BFAEB5, #BEBFAE, #AEBFB7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E7E7EC
Lighter +10%#CBCAD6
Darker −10%#9392A8
Darker −20%#777592
Darker −30%#5F5E76
Darker −40%#48475A
More saturated +25%#9F9CD1
Less saturated −25%#B6B6B6

Channel breakdown

R175
G174
B191
Red175 (68.6%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue191 (74.9%)
Hue243.53°
Saturation (HSL)11.72%
Lightness71.57%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AF · G AE · B BF

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