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Recognised as Colour

#AFCEEC

  • #AFCEEC
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#AFCEEC is a blue with RGB values 175, 206, 236 and HSL 210°, 62%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#AFCEEC#AFCEEC
HEX#AFCEEC
RGBrgb(175, 206, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.8078, 0.9255
RGB percentages68.6%, 80.8%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(209.5, 61.6%, 80.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(209.5, 25.8%, 92.5%)
CMYK25.8%, 12.7%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,521,772
CSS custom property--colour: #AFCEEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59313WCAG 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 12.86:1
Contrast with white1.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CACACA
Inverted#503113

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C3CEEEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#BBC8EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.6 from the original
Tritanopia#9ED5D8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.63:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 4.9Light blue · ΔE 10.1Sky blue · ΔE 11.8Light skyblue · ΔE 12.6Powder blue · ΔE 15.3Lavender · ΔE 15.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 4.89, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ECCDAF
Analogous#AFECEC, #AFB0EC
Triadic#ECAFCE, #CEECAF
Split complementary#ECAFB0, #ECECAF
Tetradic#ECAFEC, #ECCDAF, #AFECAF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#D8E7F6
Darker −10%#86B5E2
Darker −20%#5D9CD8
Darker −30%#3382CF
Darker −40%#2869A7
More saturated +25%#A3CEF8
Less saturated −25%#BBCEE0

Channel breakdown

R175
G206
B236
Red175 (68.6%)
Green206 (80.8%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue209.51°
Saturation (HSL)61.62%
Lightness80.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AF · G CE · B EC

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