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Colour

#AFB5DA

  • #AFB5DA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#AFB5DA is a blue with RGB values 175, 181, 218 and HSL 232°, 37%, 77%. 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

#AFB5DA#AFB5DA
HEX#AFB5DA
RGBrgb(175, 181, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.7098, 0.8549
RGB percentages68.6%, 71%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(231.6, 36.8%, 77.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(231.6, 19.7%, 85.5%)
CMYK19.7%, 17%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,515,354
CSS custom property--colour: #AFB5DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47224WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness183.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.44:1
Contrast with white2.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.44:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6
Inverted#504A25

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ABB8DCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#A9B5D9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Tritanopia#A5BCC1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.01:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 9Thistle · ΔE 13.8Light skyblue · ΔE 19.6Lavender · ΔE 20.1Silver · ΔE 20.4Light blue · ΔE 20.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 9, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DAD4AF
Analogous#AFCBDA, #BEAFDA
Triadic#DAAFB5, #B5DAAF
Split complementary#DABEAF, #CBDAAF
Tetradic#DAAFCB, #DAD4AF, #AFDABE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F5F6FA
Lighter +10%#D2D5EA
Darker −10%#8C95CA
Darker −20%#6974BA
Darker −30%#4C58A4
Darker −40%#3C4581
More saturated +25%#A0AAE9
Less saturated −25%#BEC0CB

Channel breakdown

R175
G181
B218
Red175 (68.6%)
Green181 (71%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue231.63°
Saturation (HSL)36.75%
Lightness77.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AF · G B5 · B DA

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