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Recognised as Colour

#AFC3EE

  • #AFC3EE
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#AFC3EE is a blue with RGB values 175, 195, 238 and HSL 221°, 65%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#AFC3EE#AFC3EE
HEX#AFC3EE
RGBrgb(175, 195, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.7647, 0.9333
RGB percentages68.6%, 76.5%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(221, 64.9%, 81%)
HSV / HSBhsv(221, 26.5%, 93.3%)
CMYK26.5%, 18.1%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,518,958
CSS custom property--colour: #AFC3EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54317WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness194.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.86:1
Contrast with white1.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2
Inverted#503C11

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B5C6F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#B0C0EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Tritanopia#9ECCD1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.77:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 9.2Light skyblue · ΔE 14.4Sky blue · ΔE 17.6Thistle · ΔE 17.9Light blue · ΔE 18.8Lavender · ΔE 19.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 9.18, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EEDAAF
Analogous#AFE3EE, #BBAFEE
Triadic#EEAFC3, #C3EEAF
Split complementary#EEBBAF, #E3EEAF
Tetradic#EEAFE3, #EEDAAF, #AFEEBB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#D9E3F7
Darker −10%#85A3E5
Darker −20%#5B84DC
Darker −30%#3164D3
Darker −40%#2550AC
More saturated +25%#A3BFFA
Less saturated −25%#BBC7E2

Channel breakdown

R175
G195
B238
Red175 (68.6%)
Green195 (76.5%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue220.95°
Saturation (HSL)64.95%
Lightness80.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AF · G C3 · B EE

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