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Colour

#AFB2BC

  • #AFB2BC
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#AFB2BC is a blue with RGB values 175, 178, 188 and HSL 226°, 9%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#AFB2BC#AFB2BC
HEX#AFB2BC
RGBrgb(175, 178, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.698, 0.7373
RGB percentages68.6%, 69.8%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(226.2, 8.8%, 71.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(226.2, 6.9%, 73.7%)
CMYK6.9%, 5.3%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,514,556
CSS custom property--colour: #AFB2BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44586WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.3 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#B2B2B2
Inverted#504D43

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AFB3BDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#AFB2BCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0 from the original
Tritanopia#ACB4B5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.3 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

Dark grey · ΔE 6.5Silver · ΔE 7.5Light steelblue · ΔE 11.6Light grey · ΔE 13.2Thistle · ΔE 14.9Gainsboro · ΔE 16.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 6.47, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BCB9AF
Analogous#AFB8BC, #B3AFBC
Triadic#BCAFB2, #B2BCAF
Split complementary#BCB3AF, #B8BCAF
Tetradic#BCAFB8, #BCB9AF, #AFBCB3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E7E7EA
Lighter +10%#CBCDD3
Darker −10%#9397A5
Darker −20%#777D8E
Darker −30%#606472
Darker −40%#484C57
More saturated +25%#9DA8CE
Less saturated −25%#B5B5B5

Channel breakdown

R175
G178
B188
Red175 (68.6%)
Green178 (69.8%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue226.15°
Saturation (HSL)8.84%
Lightness71.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AF · G B2 · B BC

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