Colour

#AFCAFD

#AFCAFD
Blue
Light
Nearest: Light skyblue

#AFCAFD is a blue with RGB values 175, 202, 253 and HSL 219°, 95%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#AFCAFD#AFCAFD

HEX#AFCAFD

RGBrgb(175, 202, 253)

RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.7922, 0.9922

RGB percentages68.6%, 79.2%, 99.2%

HSLhsl(219.2, 95.1%, 83.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(219.2, 30.8%, 99.2%)

CMYK30.8%, 20.2%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,520,765

CSS custom property--colour: #AFCAFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58447WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness201 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.69:1

Contrast with white1.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8

Inverted#503502

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B9CDFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#B1C6FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original

Tritanopia#99D4DBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.65:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 13.3 Light steelblue · ΔE 13.5 Sky blue · ΔE 18.6 Lavender · ΔE 21.3 Light blue · ΔE 21.4 Thistle · ΔE 21.6

Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 13.33, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FDE2AF

Analogous#AFF1FD, #BBAFFD

Triadic#FDAFCA, #CAFDAF

Split complementary#FDBBAF, #F1FDAF

Tetradic#FDAFF1, #FDE2AF, #AFFDBB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#E1EBFE

Darker −10%#7DA9FC

Darker −20%#4B88FB

Darker −30%#1A67F9

Darker −40%#054FDB

More saturated +25%#ADC9FF

Less saturated −25%#B9CDF3

Channel breakdown

R175

G202

B253

Red175 (68.6%)

Green202 (79.2%)

Blue253 (99.2%)

Hue219.23°

Saturation (HSL)95.12%

Lightness83.92%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AF · G CA · B FD

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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