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Colour

#AFB8BC

  • #AFB8BC
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Silver

#AFB8BC is a cyan with RGB values 175, 184, 188 and HSL 198°, 9%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Silver.

Colour values

#AFB8BC#AFB8BC
HEX#AFB8BC
RGBrgb(175, 184, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.7216, 0.7373
RGB percentages68.6%, 72.2%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(198.5, 8.8%, 71.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198.5, 6.9%, 73.7%)
CMYK6.9%, 2.1%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,516,092
CSS custom property--colour: #AFB8BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47026WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness181.8 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#504743

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B6B7BCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original
Deuteranopia#B4B6BCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original
Tritanopia#ACB9B9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.7 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

Silver · ΔE 5.2Dark grey · ΔE 6.3Light grey · ΔE 11.1Light steelblue · ΔE 12.9Gainsboro · ΔE 14.1Light blue · ΔE 15.3
Nearest named CSS colourSilver (#C0C0C0)ΔE 5.23, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BCB3AF
Analogous#AFBCBA, #AFB1BC
Triadic#BCAFB8, #B8BCAF
Split complementary#BCAFB1, #BCBAAF
Tetradic#BAAFBC, #BCB3AF, #B1BCAF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E7E9EA
Lighter +10%#CBD1D3
Darker −10%#939FA5
Darker −20%#77878E
Darker −30%#606D72
Darker −40%#485257
More saturated +25%#9DBFCE
Less saturated −25%#B5B5B5

Channel breakdown

R175
G184
B188
Red175 (68.6%)
Green184 (72.2%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue198.46°
Saturation (HSL)8.84%
Lightness71.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AF · G B8 · B BC

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