Recognised as Colour

#AFBDDA

#AFBDDA
Blue
Light
Nearest: Light steelblue

#AFBDDA is a blue with RGB values 175, 189, 218 and HSL 220°, 37%, 77%. 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

#AFBDDA#AFBDDA

HEX#AFBDDA

RGBrgb(175, 189, 218)

RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.7412, 0.8549

RGB percentages68.6%, 74.1%, 85.5%

HSLhsl(220.5, 36.8%, 77.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(220.5, 19.7%, 85.5%)

CMYK19.7%, 13.3%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,517,402

CSS custom property--colour: #AFBDDA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50571WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness188.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.11:1

Contrast with white1.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BCBCBC

Inverted#504225

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B4BFDBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#B0BBD9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Tritanopia#A5C3C6no 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 text1.89:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 3.4 Thistle · ΔE 14.3 Light blue · ΔE 15 Silver · ΔE 16.2 Lavender · ΔE 16.9 Sky blue · ΔE 17.1

Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 3.39, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DACCAF

Analogous#AFD3DA, #B7AFDA

Triadic#DAAFBD, #BDDAAF

Split complementary#DAB7AF, #D3DAAF

Tetradic#DAAFD3, #DACCAF, #AFDAB7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F5F7FA

Lighter +10%#D2DAEA

Darker −10%#8CA0CA

Darker −20%#6983BA

Darker −30%#4C69A4

Darker −40%#3C5281

More saturated +25%#A0B8E9

Less saturated −25%#BEC2CB

Channel breakdown

R175

G189

B218

Red175 (68.6%)

Green189 (74.1%)

Blue218 (85.5%)

Hue220.47°

Saturation (HSL)36.75%

Lightness77.06%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AF · G BD · B DA

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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