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Recognised as Colour

#AFBACB

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

#AFBACB is a blue with RGB values 175, 186, 203 and HSL 216°, 21%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#AFBACB#AFBACB
HEX#AFBACB
RGBrgb(175, 186, 203)
RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.7294, 0.7961
RGB percentages68.6%, 72.9%, 79.6%
HSLhsl(216.4, 21.2%, 74.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(216.4, 13.8%, 79.6%)
CMYK13.8%, 8.4%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,516,619
CSS custom property--colour: #AFBACB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48544WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness184.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.71:1
Contrast with white1.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9
Inverted#504534

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B5BBCCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#B2B8CBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original
Tritanopia#A8BDBFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.96:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 6.4Silver · ΔE 10.2Dark grey · ΔE 11.5Light grey · ΔE 13.6Light blue · ΔE 13.7Thistle · ΔE 14.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 6.35, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CBC0AF
Analogous#AFC8CB, #B2AFCB
Triadic#CBAFBA, #BACBAF
Split complementary#CBB2AF, #C8CBAF
Tetradic#CBAFC8, #CBC0AF, #AFCBB2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EDEFF3
Lighter +10%#CED5DF
Darker −10%#909FB7
Darker −20%#7185A3
Darker −30%#596B88
Darker −40%#455369
More saturated +25%#9FB6DB
Less saturated −25%#BDBDBD

Channel breakdown

R175
G186
B203
Red175 (68.6%)
Green186 (72.9%)
Blue203 (79.6%)
Hue216.43°
Saturation (HSL)21.21%
Lightness74.12%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AF · G BA · B CB

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