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Recognised as Colour

#AFBEE2

  • #AFBEE2
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#AFBEE2 is a blue with RGB values 175, 190, 226 and HSL 222°, 47%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#AFBEE2#AFBEE2
HEX#AFBEE2
RGBrgb(175, 190, 226)
RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.7451, 0.8863
RGB percentages68.6%, 74.5%, 88.6%
HSLhsl(222.4, 46.8%, 78.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222.4, 22.6%, 88.6%)
CMYK22.6%, 15.9%, 0%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,517,666
CSS custom property--colour: #AFBEE2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51432WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness190.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.29:1
Contrast with white1.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD
Inverted#50411D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B3C0E4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#AFBCE1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Tritanopia#A2C5CAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.86:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 6.1Thistle · ΔE 15.3Light skyblue · ΔE 16.3Light blue · ΔE 17.2Sky blue · ΔE 17.6Lavender · ΔE 18
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 6.05, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E2D3AF
Analogous#AFD7E2, #BAAFE2
Triadic#E2AFBE, #BEE2AF
Split complementary#E2BAAF, #D7E2AF
Tetradic#E2AFD7, #E2D3AF, #AFE2BA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FAFBFD
Lighter +10%#D4DCF0
Darker −10%#8AA0D4
Darker −20%#6481C7
Darker −30%#4264B6
Darker −40%#345091
More saturated +25%#A1B8F0
Less saturated −25%#BDC4D4

Channel breakdown

R175
G190
B226
Red175 (68.6%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue226 (88.6%)
Hue222.35°
Saturation (HSL)46.79%
Lightness78.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AF · G BE · B E2

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