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Recognised as Colour

#AFAEDF

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

#AFAEDF is a blue with RGB values 175, 174, 223 and HSL 241°, 43%, 78%. 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

#AFAEDF#AFAEDF
HEX#AFAEDF
RGBrgb(175, 174, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.6824, 0.8745
RGB percentages68.6%, 68.2%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(241.2, 43.4%, 77.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(241.2, 22%, 87.5%)
CMYK21.5%, 22%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,513,567
CSS custom property--colour: #AFAEDF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44714WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness180.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.94:1
Contrast with white2.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2
Inverted#505120

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A2B4E1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#A0B1DEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.4 from the original
Tritanopia#A5B6BFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.1 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 text9.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 16.1Thistle · ΔE 17.1Plum · ΔE 22.1Light skyblue · ΔE 22.9Light slate grey · ΔE 25Lavender · ΔE 25.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 16.12, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DEDFAE
Analogous#AEC6DF, #C7AEDF
Triadic#DFAFAE, #AEDFAF
Split complementary#DFC7AE, #C6DFAE
Tetradic#DFAEC6, #DEDFAE, #AEDFC7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F7F7FC
Lighter +10%#D3D3ED
Darker −10%#8B89D1
Darker −20%#6765C2
Darker −30%#4745AF
Darker −40%#38378A
More saturated +25%#A1A0ED
Less saturated −25%#BDBCD1

Channel breakdown

R175
G174
B223
Red175 (68.6%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue241.22°
Saturation (HSL)43.36%
Lightness77.84%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AF · G AE · B DF

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