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Recognised as Colour

#AFB4DE

  • #AFB4DE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#AFB4DE is a blue with RGB values 175, 180, 222 and HSL 234°, 42%, 78%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#AFB4DE#AFB4DE
HEX#AFB4DE
RGBrgb(175, 180, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.7059, 0.8706
RGB percentages68.6%, 70.6%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(233.6, 41.6%, 77.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(233.6, 21.2%, 87.1%)
CMYK21.2%, 18.9%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,515,102
CSS custom property--colour: #AFB4DE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4703WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness183.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.41:1
Contrast with white2.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6
Inverted#504B21

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A9B8E0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#A6B5DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Tritanopia#A4BBC2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.02:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 11.4Thistle · ΔE 15Light skyblue · ΔE 19.9Lavender · ΔE 21.6Sky blue · ΔE 22.5Light blue · ΔE 22.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 11.36, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DED9AF
Analogous#AFCBDE, #C2AFDE
Triadic#DEAFB4, #B4DEAF
Split complementary#DEC2AF, #CCDEAF
Tetradic#DEAFCB, #DED9AF, #AFDEC2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F7F8FC
Lighter +10%#D3D6ED
Darker −10%#8B92CF
Darker −20%#6770C0
Darker −30%#4752AD
Darker −40%#384189
More saturated +25%#A1A9EC
Less saturated −25%#BDBFD0

Channel breakdown

R175
G180
B222
Red175 (68.6%)
Green180 (70.6%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue233.62°
Saturation (HSL)41.59%
Lightness77.84%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AF · G B4 · B DE

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