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Recognised as Colour

#AFB7FF

  • #AFB7FF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#AFB7FF is a blue with RGB values 175, 183, 255 and HSL 234°, 100%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#AFB7FF#AFB7FF
HEX#AFB7FF
RGBrgb(175, 183, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.7176, 1
RGB percentages68.6%, 71.8%, 100%
HSLhsl(234, 100%, 84.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(234, 31.4%, 100%)
CMYK31.4%, 28.2%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,515,903
CSS custom property--colour: #AFB7FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50201WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness190.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.04:1
Contrast with white1.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BABABA
Inverted#504800

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A1BFFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#9DB9FDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.5 from the original
Tritanopia#9AC4D0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.9:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 19.6Plum · ΔE 24.2Light skyblue · ΔE 25.6Light steelblue · ΔE 25.8Thistle · ΔE 27.5Steel blue · ΔE 29.7
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 19.62, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFF7AF
Analogous#AFDFFF, #CFAFFF
Triadic#FFAFB7, #B7FFAF
Split complementary#FFCFAF, #DFFFAF
Tetradic#FFAFDF, #FFF7AF, #AFFFCF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E2E5FF
Darker −10%#7C89FF
Darker −20%#495BFF
Darker −30%#162DFF
Darker −40%#0017E2
More saturated +25%#AFB7FF
Less saturated −25%#B9BFF5

Channel breakdown

R175
G183
B255
Red175 (68.6%)
Green183 (71.8%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue234°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness84.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AF · G B7 · B FF

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