Colour

#AFC5FF

#AFC5FF
Blue
Light
Nearest: Light skyblue

#AFC5FF is a blue with RGB values 175, 197, 255 and HSL 224°, 100%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#AFC5FF#AFC5FF

HEX#AFC5FF

RGBrgb(175, 197, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.7725, 1

RGB percentages68.6%, 77.3%, 100%

HSLhsl(223.5, 100%, 84.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(223.5, 31.4%, 100%)

CMYK31.4%, 22.7%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,519,487

CSS custom property--colour: #AFC5FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56266WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness198.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.25:1

Contrast with white1.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C5C5C5

Inverted#503A00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B3C9FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#ACC3FEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original

Tritanopia#99D0D9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.71:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 16.6 Light steelblue · ΔE 17.2 Sky blue · ΔE 22.6 Thistle · ΔE 23 Lavender · ΔE 24.5 Light blue · ΔE 25.8

Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 16.62, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FFE9AF

Analogous#AFEDFF, #C1AFFF

Triadic#FFAFC5, #C5FFAF

Split complementary#FFC1AF, #EDFFAF

Tetradic#FFAFED, #FFE9AF, #AFFFC1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#E2EAFF

Darker −10%#7CA0FF

Darker −20%#497BFF

Darker −30%#1656FF

Darker −40%#003EE2

More saturated +25%#AFC5FF

Less saturated −25%#B9CAF5

Channel breakdown

R175

G197

B255

Red175 (68.6%)

Green197 (77.3%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue223.5°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness84.31%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AF · G C5 · B FF

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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