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Recognised as Colour

#AFB7D0

  • #AFB7D0
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#AFB7D0 is a blue with RGB values 175, 183, 208 and HSL 225°, 26%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#AFB7D0#AFB7D0
HEX#AFB7D0
RGBrgb(175, 183, 208)
RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.7176, 0.8157
RGB percentages68.6%, 71.8%, 81.6%
HSLhsl(225.5, 26%, 75.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(225.5, 15.9%, 81.6%)
CMYK15.9%, 12%, 0%, 18.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,515,856
CSS custom property--colour: #AFB7D0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47535WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness183.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.51:1
Contrast with white2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7
Inverted#50482F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B0B9D1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#AEB6CFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Tritanopia#A8BCBFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 5.6Thistle · ΔE 13Silver · ΔE 14.1Dark grey · ΔE 14.7Light blue · ΔE 16.3Light grey · ΔE 17
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 5.59, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D0C8AF
Analogous#AFC7D0, #B8AFD0
Triadic#D0AFB7, #B7D0AF
Split complementary#D0B8AF, #C8D0AF
Tetradic#D0AFC7, #D0C8AF, #AFD0B8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EFF1F6
Lighter +10%#CFD4E3
Darker −10%#8F9ABD
Darker −20%#6F7DAA
Darker −30%#556491
Darker −40%#424E71
More saturated +25%#9FAFE0
Less saturated −25%#BFBFC0

Channel breakdown

R175
G183
B208
Red175 (68.6%)
Green183 (71.8%)
Blue208 (81.6%)
Hue225.45°
Saturation (HSL)25.98%
Lightness75.1%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AF · G B7 · B D0

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