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Recognised as Colour

#AFC8FB

  • #AFC8FB
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#AFC8FB is a blue with RGB values 175, 200, 251 and HSL 220°, 90%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#AFC8FB#AFC8FB
HEX#AFC8FB
RGBrgb(175, 200, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.7843, 0.9843
RGB percentages68.6%, 78.4%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(220.3, 90.5%, 83.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(220.3, 30.3%, 98.4%)
CMYK30.3%, 20.3%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,520,251
CSS custom property--colour: #AFC8FB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57388WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness199.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.48:1
Contrast with white1.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C6C6C6
Inverted#503704

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B7CBFDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#B0C4FAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original
Tritanopia#9AD2D9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.68:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 13.5Light skyblue · ΔE 13.9Sky blue · ΔE 19.1Thistle · ΔE 21.2Lavender · ΔE 21.5Light blue · ΔE 21.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 13.45, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FBE2AF
Analogous#AFEEFB, #BCAFFB
Triadic#FBAFC8, #C8FBAF
Split complementary#FBBCAF, #EEFBAF
Tetradic#FBAFEE, #FBE2AF, #AFFBBC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E0E9FD
Darker −10%#7EA7F9
Darker −20%#4E85F6
Darker −30%#1D64F4
Darker −40%#0B4DD3
More saturated +25%#ABC7FF
Less saturated −25%#BACCF0

Channel breakdown

R175
G200
B251
Red175 (68.6%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue220.26°
Saturation (HSL)90.48%
Lightness83.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AF · G C8 · B FB

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