Recognised as Colour

#AFBCDA

#AFBCDA
Blue
Light
Nearest: Light steelblue

#AFBCDA is a blue with RGB values 175, 188, 218 and HSL 222°, 37%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#AFBCDA#AFBCDA

HEX#AFBCDA

RGBrgb(175, 188, 218)

RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.7373, 0.8549

RGB percentages68.6%, 73.7%, 85.5%

HSLhsl(221.9, 36.8%, 77.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(221.9, 19.7%, 85.5%)

CMYK19.7%, 13.8%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,517,146

CSS custom property--colour: #AFBCDA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50142WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness187.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.03:1

Contrast with white1.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB

Inverted#504325

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B3BEDBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#AFBAD9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Tritanopia#A5C2C6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.9:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 4.1 Thistle · ΔE 14.1 Light blue · ΔE 15.7 Silver · ΔE 16.7 Lavender · ΔE 17.2 Sky blue · ΔE 17.6

Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 4.07, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#DACDAF

Analogous#AFD2DA, #B8AFDA

Triadic#DAAFBC, #BCDAAF

Split complementary#DAB7AF, #D2DAAF

Tetradic#DAAFD2, #DACDAF, #AFDAB7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F5F6FA

Lighter +10%#D2D9EA

Darker −10%#8C9FCA

Darker −20%#6982BA

Darker −30%#4C67A4

Darker −40%#3C5181

More saturated +25%#A0B6E9

Less saturated −25%#BEC2CB

Channel breakdown

R175

G188

B218

Red175 (68.6%)

Green188 (73.7%)

Blue218 (85.5%)

Hue221.86°

Saturation (HSL)36.75%

Lightness77.06%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AF · G BC · B DA

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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