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Recognised as Colour

#AFB9DC

  • #AFB9DC
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#AFB9DC is a blue with RGB values 175, 185, 220 and HSL 227°, 39%, 77%. 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

#AFB9DC#AFB9DC
HEX#AFB9DC
RGBrgb(175, 185, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.7255, 0.8627
RGB percentages68.6%, 72.5%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(226.7, 39.1%, 77.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(226.7, 20.5%, 86.3%)
CMYK20.5%, 15.9%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,516,380
CSS custom property--colour: #AFB9DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48979WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness186.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.8:1
Contrast with white1.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9
Inverted#504623

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AFBCDEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#ACB8DBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original
Tritanopia#A4BFC4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.95:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 6.9Thistle · ΔE 14.1Light skyblue · ΔE 18.2Light blue · ΔE 18.5Lavender · ΔE 18.7Silver · ΔE 19.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 6.92, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DCD2AF
Analogous#AFCFDC, #BCAFDC
Triadic#DCAFB9, #B9DCAF
Split complementary#DCBCAF, #D0DCAF
Tetradic#DCAFCF, #DCD2AF, #AFDCBC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F6F7FB
Lighter +10%#D2D8EC
Darker −10%#8C9ACC
Darker −20%#687BBD
Darker −30%#4A5FA8
Darker −40%#3A4B85
More saturated +25%#A1B1EA
Less saturated −25%#BDC1CE

Channel breakdown

R175
G185
B220
Red175 (68.6%)
Green185 (72.5%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue226.67°
Saturation (HSL)39.13%
Lightness77.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AF · G B9 · B DC

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