Colour

#AFBFD6

#AFBFD6
Blue
Light
Nearest: Light steelblue

#AFBFD6 is a blue with RGB values 175, 191, 214 and HSL 215°, 32%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

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HEX#AFBFD6

RGBrgb(175, 191, 214)

RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.749, 0.8392

RGB percentages68.6%, 74.9%, 83.9%

HSLhsl(215.4, 32.2%, 76.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(215.4, 18.2%, 83.9%)

CMYK18.2%, 10.7%, 0%, 16.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,517,910

CSS custom property--colour: #AFBFD6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51231WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness189.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.25:1

Contrast with white1.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD

Inverted#504029

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B7C0D7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#B3BCD5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Tritanopia#A5C4C6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.87:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 2.5 Light blue · ΔE 12.5 Silver · ΔE 13.4 Thistle · ΔE 14.9 Dark grey · ΔE 15.4 Light grey · ΔE 15.4

Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 2.55, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#D6C6AF

Analogous#AFD3D6, #B3AFD6

Triadic#D6AFBF, #BFD6AF

Split complementary#D6B3AF, #D3D6AF

Tetradic#D6AFD3, #D6C6AF, #AFD6B3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F2F5F9

Lighter +10%#D1DAE7

Darker −10%#8DA4C5

Darker −20%#6C89B3

Darker −30%#506F9C

Darker −40%#3F577A

More saturated +25%#A0BCE5

Less saturated −25%#BEC2C7

Channel breakdown

R175

G191

B214

Red175 (68.6%)

Green191 (74.9%)

Blue214 (83.9%)

Hue215.38°

Saturation (HSL)32.23%

Lightness76.27%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AF · G BF · B D6

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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