Recognised as Colour

#AFBDD5

#AFBDD5
Blue
Light
Nearest: Light steelblue

#AFBDD5 is a blue with RGB values 175, 189, 213 and HSL 218°, 31%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

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HEX#AFBDD5

RGBrgb(175, 189, 213)

RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.7412, 0.8353

RGB percentages68.6%, 74.1%, 83.5%

HSLhsl(217.9, 31.1%, 76.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(217.9, 17.8%, 83.5%)

CMYK17.8%, 11.3%, 0%, 16.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,517,397

CSS custom property--colour: #AFBDD5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50313WCAG 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 11.06:1

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

Contrast with black11.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BCBCBC

Inverted#50422A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B5BED6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#B2BAD4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original

Tritanopia#A6C2C5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.7 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 text11.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 3.1 Light blue · ΔE 13.6 Silver · ΔE 13.7 Thistle · ΔE 14.3 Dark grey · ΔE 15.3 Light grey · ΔE 16

Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 3.06, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#D5C7AF

Analogous#AFD0D5, #B4AFD5

Triadic#D5AFBD, #BDD5AF

Split complementary#D5B4AF, #D0D5AF

Tetradic#D5AFD0, #D5C7AF, #AFD5B4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F2F4F8

Lighter +10%#D0D9E7

Darker −10%#8EA1C3

Darker −20%#6C86B2

Darker −30%#516C9A

Darker −40%#3F5479

More saturated +25%#A0B9E4

Less saturated −25%#BEC1C6

Channel breakdown

R175

G189

B213

Red175 (68.6%)

Green189 (74.1%)

Blue213 (83.5%)

Hue217.89°

Saturation (HSL)31.15%

Lightness76.08%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AF · G BD · B D5

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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