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Recognised as Colour

#AFBFDF

  • #AFBFDF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#AFBFDF is a blue with RGB values 175, 191, 223 and HSL 220°, 43%, 78%. 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

#AFBFDF#AFBFDF
HEX#AFBFDF
RGBrgb(175, 191, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.749, 0.8745
RGB percentages68.6%, 74.9%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(220, 42.9%, 78%)
HSV / HSBhsv(220, 21.5%, 87.5%)
CMYK21.5%, 14.3%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,517,919
CSS custom property--colour: #AFBFDF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51703WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness190.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.34:1
Contrast with white1.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BEBEBE
Inverted#504020

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B5C1E1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#B1BCDEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Tritanopia#A3C5C9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.85:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 3.9Thistle · ΔE 15Light blue · ΔE 15.3Light skyblue · ΔE 16.4Sky blue · ΔE 16.7Lavender · ΔE 17
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 3.9, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DFCFAF
Analogous#AFD7DF, #B7AFDF
Triadic#DFAFBF, #BFDFAF
Split complementary#DFB7AF, #D7DFAF
Tetradic#DFAFD7, #DFCFAF, #AFDFB7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F8F9FC
Lighter +10%#D3DCEE
Darker −10%#8BA2D0
Darker −20%#6685C2
Darker −30%#4669AF
Darker −40%#37538B
More saturated +25%#A1BAED
Less saturated −25%#BDC4D1

Channel breakdown

R175
G191
B223
Red175 (68.6%)
Green191 (74.9%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue220°
Saturation (HSL)42.86%
Lightness78.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AF · G BF · B DF

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