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Recognised as Colour

#AFC9C7

  • #AFC9C7
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Silver

#AFC9C7 is a cyan with RGB values 175, 201, 199 and HSL 175°, 19%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Silver.

Colour values

#AFC9C7#AFC9C7
HEX#AFC9C7
RGBrgb(175, 201, 199)
RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.7882, 0.7804
RGB percentages68.6%, 78.8%, 78%
HSLhsl(175.4, 19.4%, 73.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(175.4, 12.9%, 78.8%)
CMYK12.9%, 0%, 1%, 21.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,520,455
CSS custom property--colour: #AFC9C7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55011WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness193.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12:1
Contrast with white1.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3
Inverted#503638

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C6C6C7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#C0C2C7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.4 from the original
Tritanopia#A8CBC8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.75:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Silver · ΔE 9.4Powder blue · ΔE 10.6Light blue · ΔE 10.8Light grey · ΔE 10.8Gainsboro · ΔE 12.8Dark grey · ΔE 13.5
Nearest named CSS colourSilver (#C0C0C0)ΔE 9.42, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C9AFB1
Analogous#AFC9BA, #AFBEC9
Triadic#C7AFC9, #C9C7AF
Split complementary#C9AFBE, #C9BAAF
Tetradic#BAAFC9, #C9AFB1, #BEC9AF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#ECF2F2
Lighter +10%#CDDEDC
Darker −10%#91B4B2
Darker −20%#72A09C
Darker −30%#5A8582
Darker −40%#456764
More saturated +25%#9EDAD5
Less saturated −25%#BCBCBC

Channel breakdown

R175
G201
B199
Red175 (68.6%)
Green201 (78.8%)
Blue199 (78%)
Hue175.38°
Saturation (HSL)19.4%
Lightness73.73%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR AF · G C9 · B C7

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