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Recognised as Colour

#AFD8F2

  • #AFD8F2
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#AFD8F2 is a blue with RGB values 175, 216, 242 and HSL 203°, 72%, 82%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#AFD8F2#AFD8F2
HEX#AFD8F2
RGBrgb(175, 216, 242)
RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.8471, 0.949
RGB percentages68.6%, 84.7%, 94.9%
HSLhsl(203.3, 72%, 81.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(203.3, 27.7%, 94.9%)
CMYK27.7%, 10.7%, 0%, 5.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,524,338
CSS custom property--colour: #AFD8F2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64636WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness207.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.93:1
Contrast with white1.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D1D1D1
Inverted#50270D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CCD7F3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#C3CFF2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.8 from the original
Tritanopia#9BDFE0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.51:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 6.5Light steelblue · ΔE 8.8Sky blue · ΔE 9.8Powder blue · ΔE 11.3Light skyblue · ΔE 12.7Lavender · ΔE 15.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 6.55, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F2C9AF
Analogous#AFF2EB, #AFB6F2
Triadic#F2AFD8, #D8F2AF
Split complementary#F2AFB6, #F2EAAF
Tetradic#EBAFF2, #F2C9AF, #B7F2AF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DBEDF9
Darker −10%#83C3EB
Darker −20%#57ADE4
Darker −30%#2B98DD
Darker −40%#1E7CB7
More saturated +25%#A3DBFE
Less saturated −25%#BBD5E6

Channel breakdown

R175
G216
B242
Red175 (68.6%)
Green216 (84.7%)
Blue242 (94.9%)
Hue203.28°
Saturation (HSL)72.04%
Lightness81.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AF · G D8 · B F2

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