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Recognised as Colour

#AFCDE5

  • #AFCDE5
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#AFCDE5 is a blue with RGB values 175, 205, 229 and HSL 207°, 51%, 79%. 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 steelblue.

Colour values

#AFCDE5#AFCDE5
HEX#AFCDE5
RGBrgb(175, 205, 229)
RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.8039, 0.898
RGB percentages68.6%, 80.4%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(206.7, 50.9%, 79.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(206.7, 23.6%, 89.8%)
CMYK23.6%, 10.5%, 0%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,521,509
CSS custom property--colour: #AFCDE5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58434WCAG 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 12.69:1
Contrast with white1.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8
Inverted#50321A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C3CCE6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#BCC6E5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.9 from the original
Tritanopia#A0D3D5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.66:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 4.3Light blue · ΔE 7.7Sky blue · ΔE 11.9Powder blue · ΔE 12.8Light skyblue · ΔE 14.7Lavender · ΔE 14.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 4.33, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E5C7AF
Analogous#AFE5E2, #AFB2E5
Triadic#E5AFCD, #CDE5AF
Split complementary#E5AFB2, #E5E2AF
Tetradic#E2AFE5, #E5C7AF, #B2E5AF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FCFDFE
Lighter +10%#D5E5F2
Darker −10%#89B5D8
Darker −20%#629DCC
Darker −30%#3E85BD
Darker −40%#316A97
More saturated +25%#A2CEF2
Less saturated −25%#BCCCD8

Channel breakdown

R175
G205
B229
Red175 (68.6%)
Green205 (80.4%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue206.67°
Saturation (HSL)50.94%
Lightness79.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AF · G CD · B E5

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