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Recognised as Colour

#AFBBF8

  • #AFBBF8
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#AFBBF8 is a blue with RGB values 175, 187, 248 and HSL 230°, 84%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#AFBBF8#AFBBF8
HEX#AFBBF8
RGBrgb(175, 187, 248)
RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.7333, 0.9725
RGB percentages68.6%, 73.3%, 97.3%
HSLhsl(230.1, 83.9%, 82.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(230.1, 29.4%, 97.3%)
CMYK29.4%, 24.6%, 0%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,516,920
CSS custom property--colour: #AFBBF8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51432WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness191.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.29:1
Contrast with white1.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD
Inverted#504407

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A9C1FBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#A4BBF6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original
Tritanopia#9CC6D0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.86:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 19.5Light skyblue · ΔE 20.6Thistle · ΔE 22.8Cornflower blue · ΔE 23.3Plum · ΔE 25.3Sky blue · ΔE 26.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 19.52, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F8ECAF
Analogous#AFDFF8, #C8AFF8
Triadic#F8AFBB, #BBF8AF
Split complementary#F8C8AF, #DFF8AF
Tetradic#F8AFDF, #F8ECAF, #AFF8C8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DEE3FC
Darker −10%#8093F4
Darker −20%#516BF0
Darker −30%#2243EC
Darker −40%#1230C9
More saturated +25%#A8B6FF
Less saturated −25%#BAC2ED

Channel breakdown

R175
G187
B248
Red175 (68.6%)
Green187 (73.3%)
Blue248 (97.3%)
Hue230.14°
Saturation (HSL)83.91%
Lightness82.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AF · G BB · B F8

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