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Recognised as Colour

#AFCBC6

  • #AFCBC6
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#AFCBC6 is a cyan with RGB values 175, 203, 198 and HSL 169°, 21%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#AFCBC6#AFCBC6
HEX#AFCBC6
RGBrgb(175, 203, 198)
RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.7961, 0.7765
RGB percentages68.6%, 79.6%, 77.6%
HSLhsl(169.3, 21.2%, 74.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(169.3, 13.8%, 79.6%)
CMYK13.8%, 0%, 2.5%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,520,966
CSS custom property--colour: #AFCBC6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55903WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness194.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.18:1
Contrast with white1.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C5C5C5
Inverted#503439

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C8C8C6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#C3C3C6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11 from the original
Tritanopia#A8CCC9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.72:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 10.5Silver · ΔE 10.5Light grey · ΔE 11.5Light blue · ΔE 11.6Gainsboro · ΔE 13.2Dark grey · ΔE 14.6
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 10.54, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CBAFB4
Analogous#AFCBB8, #AFC2CB
Triadic#C6AFCB, #CBC6AF
Split complementary#CBAFC2, #CBB8AF
Tetradic#B8AFCB, #CBAFB4, #C2CBAF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EDF3F2
Lighter +10%#CEDFDC
Darker −10%#90B7B0
Darker −20%#71A39A
Darker −30%#598880
Darker −40%#456963
More saturated +25%#9FDBD1
Less saturated −25%#BDBDBD

Channel breakdown

R175
G203
B198
Red175 (68.6%)
Green203 (79.6%)
Blue198 (77.6%)
Hue169.29°
Saturation (HSL)21.21%
Lightness74.12%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR AF · G CB · B C6

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