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Recognised as Colour

#AFAFE9

  • #AFAFE9
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#AFAFE9 is a blue with RGB values 175, 175, 233 and HSL 240°, 57%, 80%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#AFAFE9#AFAFE9
HEX#AFAFE9
RGBrgb(175, 175, 233)
RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.6863, 0.9137
RGB percentages68.6%, 68.6%, 91.4%
HSLhsl(240, 56.9%, 80%)
HSV / HSBhsv(240, 24.9%, 91.4%)
CMYK24.9%, 24.9%, 0%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,513,833
CSS custom property--colour: #AFAFE9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45657WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness182.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.13:1
Contrast with white2.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B3B3B3
Inverted#505016

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A0B6ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#9EB2E7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.1 from the original
Tritanopia#A2B9C3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.07:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 20Thistle · ΔE 20.9Plum · ΔE 21.3Cornflower blue · ΔE 23.5Light skyblue · ΔE 24.1Steel blue · ΔE 26.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 20.05, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E9E9AF
Analogous#AFCCE9, #CCAFE9
Triadic#E9AFAF, #AFE9AF
Split complementary#E9CCAF, #CCE9AF
Tetradic#E9AFCC, #E9E9AF, #AFE9CC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#D7D7F4
Darker −10%#8787DE
Darker −20%#5F5FD3
Darker −30%#3737C8
Darker −40%#2C2CA0
More saturated +25%#A2A2F6
Less saturated −25%#BCBCDC

Channel breakdown

R175
G175
B233
Red175 (68.6%)
Green175 (68.6%)
Blue233 (91.4%)
Hue240°
Saturation (HSL)56.86%
Lightness80%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AF · G AF · B E9

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