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Recognised as Colour

#AFBCBD

  • #AFBCBD
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Silver

#AFBCBD is a cyan with RGB values 175, 188, 189 and HSL 184°, 10%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Silver.

Colour values

#AFBCBD#AFBCBD
HEX#AFBCBD
RGBrgb(175, 188, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.7373, 0.7412
RGB percentages68.6%, 73.7%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(184.3, 9.6%, 71.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(184.3, 7.4%, 74.1%)
CMYK7.4%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,517,117
CSS custom property--colour: #AFBCBD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48755WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness184.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.75:1
Contrast with white1.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9
Inverted#504342

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BABBBDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#B7B9BDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original
Tritanopia#ABBDBCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.1 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 text10.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Silver · ΔE 5.3Dark grey · ΔE 7.7Light grey · ΔE 10.4Gainsboro · ΔE 13.3Light steelblue · ΔE 13.9Light blue · ΔE 14.3
Nearest named CSS colourSilver (#C0C0C0)ΔE 5.31, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BDB0AF
Analogous#AFBDB7, #AFB5BD
Triadic#BDAFBC, #BCBDAF
Split complementary#BDAFB5, #BDB7AF
Tetradic#B7AFBD, #BDB0AF, #B5BDAF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E7EBEB
Lighter +10%#CBD3D4
Darker −10%#93A5A6
Darker −20%#778D8F
Darker −30%#5F7274
Darker −40%#485758
More saturated +25%#9DCCCF
Less saturated −25%#B6B6B6

Channel breakdown

R175
G188
B189
Red175 (68.6%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue184.29°
Saturation (HSL)9.59%
Lightness71.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AF · G BC · B BD

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