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Recognised as Colour

#AFC1ED

  • #AFC1ED
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#AFC1ED is a blue with RGB values 175, 193, 237 and HSL 223°, 63%, 81%. 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

#AFC1ED#AFC1ED
HEX#AFC1ED
RGBrgb(175, 193, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.7569, 0.9294
RGB percentages68.6%, 75.7%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(222.6, 63.3%, 80.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222.6, 26.2%, 92.9%)
CMYK26.2%, 18.6%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,518,445
CSS custom property--colour: #AFC1ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53368WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness193.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.67:1
Contrast with white1.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0
Inverted#503E12

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B3C4EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#AEBFECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Tritanopia#9FCAD0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.9 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 text11.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 9.8Light skyblue · ΔE 15.1Thistle · ΔE 17.7Sky blue · ΔE 18.5Lavender · ΔE 19.7Light blue · ΔE 19.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 9.84, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDDBAF
Analogous#AFE0ED, #BCAFED
Triadic#EDAFC1, #C1EDAF
Split complementary#EDBCAF, #E0EDAF
Tetradic#EDAFE0, #EDDBAF, #AFEDBC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#D9E1F6
Darker −10%#85A1E4
Darker −20%#5C80DA
Darker −30%#3260D1
Darker −40%#264CAA
More saturated +25%#A3BCF9
Less saturated −25%#BBC6E1

Channel breakdown

R175
G193
B237
Red175 (68.6%)
Green193 (75.7%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue222.58°
Saturation (HSL)63.27%
Lightness80.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AF · G C1 · B ED

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