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Recognised as Colour

#AFB3DC

  • #AFB3DC
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#AFB3DC is a blue with RGB values 175, 179, 220 and HSL 235°, 39%, 77%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#AFB3DC#AFB3DC
HEX#AFB3DC
RGBrgb(175, 179, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.702, 0.8627
RGB percentages68.6%, 70.2%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(234.7, 39.1%, 77.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(234.7, 20.5%, 86.3%)
CMYK20.5%, 18.6%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,514,844
CSS custom property--colour: #AFB3DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46521WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness183 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.3:1
Contrast with white2.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B5B5B5
Inverted#504C23

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A8B7DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#A6B4DBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Tritanopia#A5BAC1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.04:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 11.2Thistle · ΔE 14.6Light skyblue · ΔE 20.3Lavender · ΔE 21.5Silver · ΔE 22.6Light slate grey · ΔE 22.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 11.23, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DCD8AF
Analogous#AFC9DC, #C2AFDC
Triadic#DCAFB3, #B3DCAF
Split complementary#DCC2AF, #CADCAF
Tetradic#DCAFC9, #DCD8AF, #AFDCC2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F6F6FB
Lighter +10%#D2D5EC
Darker −10%#8C91CC
Darker −20%#6870BD
Darker −30%#4A52A8
Darker −40%#3A4185
More saturated +25%#A1A7EA
Less saturated −25%#BDBFCE

Channel breakdown

R175
G179
B220
Red175 (68.6%)
Green179 (70.2%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue234.67°
Saturation (HSL)39.13%
Lightness77.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AF · G B3 · B DC

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