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Colour

#AFB2BD

  • #AFB2BD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#AFB2BD is a blue with RGB values 175, 178, 189 and HSL 227°, 10%, 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

#AFB2BD#AFB2BD
HEX#AFB2BD
RGBrgb(175, 178, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.698, 0.7412
RGB percentages68.6%, 69.8%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(227.1, 9.6%, 71.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(227.1, 7.4%, 74.1%)
CMYK7.4%, 5.8%, 0%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,514,557
CSS custom property--colour: #AFB2BD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44629WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.93:1
Contrast with white2.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2
Inverted#504D42

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AFB3BEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#AEB2BDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Tritanopia#ACB4B5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.8 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 text9.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 6.9Silver · ΔE 7.9Light steelblue · ΔE 11.2Light grey · ΔE 13.4Thistle · ΔE 14.6Gainsboro · ΔE 16.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 6.95, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BDBAAF
Analogous#AFB9BD, #B3AFBD
Triadic#BDAFB2, #B2BDAF
Split complementary#BDB3AF, #B9BDAF
Tetradic#BDAFB9, #BDBAAF, #AFBDB3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E7E8EB
Lighter +10%#CBCDD4
Darker −10%#9397A6
Darker −20%#777C8F
Darker −30%#5F6474
Darker −40%#484C58
More saturated +25%#9DA8CF
Less saturated −25%#B6B6B6

Channel breakdown

R175
G178
B189
Red175 (68.6%)
Green178 (69.8%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue227.14°
Saturation (HSL)9.59%
Lightness71.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AF · G B2 · B BD

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