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Recognised as Colour

#AFC4DE

  • #AFC4DE
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#AFC4DE is a blue with RGB values 175, 196, 222 and HSL 213°, 42%, 78%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#AFC4DE#AFC4DE
HEX#AFC4DE
RGBrgb(175, 196, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.7686, 0.8706
RGB percentages68.6%, 76.9%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(213.2, 41.6%, 77.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(213.2, 21.2%, 87.1%)
CMYK21.2%, 11.7%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,519,198
CSS custom property--colour: #AFC4DE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53868WCAG 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 11.77:1
Contrast with white1.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C1C1C1
Inverted#503B21

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BBC5DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#B6C0DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original
Tritanopia#A3CACCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.78:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 0.3Light blue · ΔE 11.4Sky blue · ΔE 14.5Silver · ΔE 15.4Lavender · ΔE 15.5Thistle · ΔE 16.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 0.33, indistinguishable to the eye
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DEC9AF
Analogous#AFDCDE, #B2AFDE
Triadic#DEAFC4, #C4DEAF
Split complementary#DEB2AF, #DCDEAF
Tetradic#DEAFDC, #DEC9AF, #AFDEB2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F7F9FC
Lighter +10%#D3DFED
Darker −10%#8BA9CF
Darker −20%#678FC0
Darker −30%#4775AD
Darker −40%#385C89
More saturated +25%#A1C2EC
Less saturated −25%#BDC6D0

Channel breakdown

R175
G196
B222
Red175 (68.6%)
Green196 (76.9%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue213.19°
Saturation (HSL)41.59%
Lightness77.84%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AF · G C4 · B DE

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