Colour

#AFC4E6

#AFC4E6
Blue
Light
Nearest: Light steelblue

#AFC4E6 is a blue with RGB values 175, 196, 230 and HSL 217°, 52%, 79%. 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

#AFC4E6#AFC4E6

HEX#AFC4E6

RGBrgb(175, 196, 230)

RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.7686, 0.902

RGB percentages68.6%, 76.9%, 90.2%

HSLhsl(217.1, 52.4%, 79.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(217.1, 23.9%, 90.2%)

CMYK23.9%, 14.8%, 0%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,519,206

CSS custom property--colour: #AFC4E6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54307WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness194.3 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#503B19

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B9C6E8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#B3C0E5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original

Tritanopia#A1CBCFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.2 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 4.3 Light skyblue · ΔE 14.5 Light blue · ΔE 14.5 Sky blue · ΔE 15.2 Thistle · ΔE 16.5 Lavender · ΔE 16.7

Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 4.3, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#E6D1AF

Analogous#AFE0E6, #B6AFE6

Triadic#E6AFC4, #C4E6AF

Split complementary#E6B6AF, #E0E6AF

Tetradic#E6AFDF, #E6D1AF, #AFE6B6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FDFDFE

Lighter +10%#D6E1F2

Darker −10%#88A7DA

Darker −20%#618BCE

Darker −30%#3C6EC0

Darker −40%#305899

More saturated +25%#A2C1F3

Less saturated −25%#BCC7D9

Channel breakdown

R175

G196

B230

Red175 (68.6%)

Green196 (76.9%)

Blue230 (90.2%)

Hue217.09°

Saturation (HSL)52.38%

Lightness79.41%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AF · G C4 · B E6

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