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Recognised as Colour

#AFB8E4

  • #AFB8E4
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#AFB8E4 is a blue with RGB values 175, 184, 228 and HSL 230°, 50%, 79%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#AFB8E4#AFB8E4
HEX#AFB8E4
RGBrgb(175, 184, 228)
RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.7216, 0.8941
RGB percentages68.6%, 72.2%, 89.4%
HSLhsl(229.8, 49.5%, 79%)
HSV / HSBhsv(229.8, 23.2%, 89.4%)
CMYK23.2%, 19.3%, 0%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,516,132
CSS custom property--colour: #AFB8E4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48996WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness187 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.8:1
Contrast with white1.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9
Inverted#50471B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ACBCE6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#A8B8E3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Tritanopia#A2C0C7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.94:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 11.2Thistle · ΔE 16.1Light skyblue · ΔE 18.4Lavender · ΔE 21.3Sky blue · ΔE 21.5Light blue · ΔE 22.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 11.25, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E4DBAF
Analogous#AFD3E4, #C1AFE4
Triadic#E4AFB8, #B8E4AF
Split complementary#E4C1AF, #D2E4AF
Tetradic#E4AFD3, #E4DBAF, #AFE4C1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FBFCFE
Lighter +10%#D5DAF1
Darker −10%#8996D7
Darker −20%#6374CA
Darker −30%#3F54BB
Darker −40%#324395
More saturated +25%#A2AFF1
Less saturated −25%#BCC1D7

Channel breakdown

R175
G184
B228
Red175 (68.6%)
Green184 (72.2%)
Blue228 (89.4%)
Hue229.81°
Saturation (HSL)49.53%
Lightness79.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AF · G B8 · B E4

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