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Recognised as Colour

#AFAEE5

  • #AFAEE5
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#AFAEE5 is a blue with RGB values 175, 174, 229 and HSL 241°, 51%, 79%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#AFAEE5#AFAEE5
HEX#AFAEE5
RGBrgb(175, 174, 229)
RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.6824, 0.898
RGB percentages68.6%, 68.2%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(241.1, 51.4%, 79%)
HSV / HSBhsv(241.1, 24%, 89.8%)
CMYK23.6%, 24%, 0%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,513,573
CSS custom property--colour: #AFAEE5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45043WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness181.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.01:1
Contrast with white2.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2
Inverted#50511A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A0B5E7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#9EB1E4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.9 from the original
Tritanopia#A3B7C1no 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 text2.1:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 18.9Thistle · ΔE 19.6Plum · ΔE 21.3Light skyblue · ΔE 23.8Cornflower blue · ΔE 24.6Steel blue · ΔE 26.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 18.85, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E4E5AE
Analogous#AEC9E5, #CBAEE5
Triadic#E5AFAE, #AEE5AF
Split complementary#E5CBAE, #C9E5AE
Tetradic#E5AEC9, #E4E5AE, #AEE5CB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FBFBFE
Lighter +10%#D5D5F1
Darker −10%#8987D9
Darker −20%#6361CC
Darker −30%#3F3DBD
Darker −40%#323097
More saturated +25%#A2A1F2
Less saturated −25%#BCBBD8

Channel breakdown

R175
G174
B229
Red175 (68.6%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue241.09°
Saturation (HSL)51.4%
Lightness79.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AF · G AE · B E5

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