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Recognised as Colour

#AFC8CB

  • #AFC8CB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Silver

#AFC8CB is a cyan with RGB values 175, 200, 203 and HSL 186°, 21%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Silver.

Colour values

#AFC8CB#AFC8CB
HEX#AFC8CB
RGBrgb(175, 200, 203)
RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.7843, 0.7961
RGB percentages68.6%, 78.4%, 79.6%
HSLhsl(186.4, 21.2%, 74.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(186.4, 13.8%, 79.6%)
CMYK13.8%, 1.5%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,520,203
CSS custom property--colour: #AFC8CB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54734WCAG 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 11.95:1
Contrast with white1.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3
Inverted#503734

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C4C6CBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#BFC2CBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.5 from the original
Tritanopia#A7CAC9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.76:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Silver · ΔE 9Light blue · ΔE 9.2Powder blue · ΔE 10.3Light grey · ΔE 10.6Gainsboro · ΔE 12.6Light steelblue · ΔE 12.7
Nearest named CSS colourSilver (#C0C0C0)ΔE 8.99, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CBB2AF
Analogous#AFCBC0, #AFBACB
Triadic#CBAFC8, #C8CBAF
Split complementary#CBAFBA, #CBC0AF
Tetradic#C0AFCB, #CBB2AF, #BACBAF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EDF3F3
Lighter +10%#CEDDDF
Darker −10%#90B3B7
Darker −20%#719EA3
Darker −30%#598388
Darker −40%#456669
More saturated +25%#9FD5DB
Less saturated −25%#BDBDBD

Channel breakdown

R175
G200
B203
Red175 (68.6%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue203 (79.6%)
Hue186.43°
Saturation (HSL)21.21%
Lightness74.12%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AF · G C8 · B CB

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