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Recognised as Colour

#AFC1EB

  • #AFC1EB
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#AFC1EB is a blue with RGB values 175, 193, 235 and HSL 222°, 60%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#AFC1EB#AFC1EB
HEX#AFC1EB
RGBrgb(175, 193, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.7569, 0.9216
RGB percentages68.6%, 75.7%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(222, 60%, 80.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222, 25.5%, 92.2%)
CMYK25.5%, 17.9%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,518,443
CSS custom property--colour: #AFC1EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53252WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness193.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.65:1
Contrast with white1.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0
Inverted#503E14

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B4C4EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#AFBFEAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Tritanopia#9FC9CFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.8:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 8.8Light skyblue · ΔE 15Thistle · ΔE 17.2Sky blue · ΔE 17.9Light blue · ΔE 18.9Lavender · ΔE 19.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 8.77, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EBD9AF
Analogous#AFDFEB, #BBAFEB
Triadic#EBAFC1, #C1EBAF
Split complementary#EBBBAF, #DFEBAF
Tetradic#EBAFDF, #EBD9AF, #AFEBBB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#D8E1F5
Darker −10%#86A1E1
Darker −20%#5D82D7
Darker −30%#3562CC
Darker −40%#294EA5
More saturated +25%#A3BCF8
Less saturated −25%#BCC6DF

Channel breakdown

R175
G193
B235
Red175 (68.6%)
Green193 (75.7%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue222°
Saturation (HSL)60%
Lightness80.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AF · G C1 · B EB

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