Recognised as Colour
#AFBDBE
- #AFBDBE
- Cyan
- Dark
- Nearest: Silver
#AFBDBE is a cyan with RGB values 175, 189, 190 and HSL 184°, 10%, 72%. 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
#AFBDBE#AFBDBE
HEX#AFBDBE
RGBrgb(175, 189, 190)
RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.7412, 0.7451
RGB percentages68.6%, 74.1%, 74.5%
HSLhsl(184, 10.3%, 71.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(184, 7.9%, 74.5%)
CMYK7.9%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,517,374
CSS custom property--colour: #AFBDBE;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.49227WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness185 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.85:1
Contrast with white1.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BABABA
Inverted#504241
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.94:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.85:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#BEB0AF
Analogous#AFBEB7, #AFB5BE
Triadic#BEAFBD, #BDBEAF
Split complementary#BEAFB5, #BEB7AF
Tetradic#B7AFBE, #BEB0AF, #B5BEAF
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R175
G189
B190
Red175 (68.6%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue190 (74.5%)
Hue184°
Saturation (HSL)10.34%
Lightness71.57%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AF · G BD · B BE
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