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Colour

#AFD8FF

  • #AFD8FF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#AFD8FF is a blue with RGB values 175, 216, 255 and HSL 209°, 100%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#AFD8FF#AFD8FF
HEX#AFD8FF
RGBrgb(175, 216, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.8471, 1
RGB percentages68.6%, 84.7%, 100%
HSLhsl(209.3, 100%, 84.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(209.3, 31.4%, 100%)
CMYK31.4%, 15.3%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,524,351
CSS custom property--colour: #AFD8FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65446WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness209.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.09:1
Contrast with white1.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2
Inverted#502700

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C9D8FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#BFD0FEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.7 from the original
Tritanopia#96E1E5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.49:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 9.6Light steelblue · ΔE 10.8Sky blue · ΔE 11.9Light blue · ΔE 13.5Lavender · ΔE 17.5Powder blue · ΔE 18.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 9.55, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFD6AF
Analogous#AFFFFE, #AFB0FF
Triadic#FFAFD8, #D8FFAF
Split complementary#FFAFB0, #FFFEAF
Tetradic#FEAFFF, #FFD6AF, #B0FFAF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E2F1FF
Darker −10%#7CBFFF
Darker −20%#49A6FF
Darker −30%#168DFF
Darker −40%#0074E2
More saturated +25%#AFD8FF
Less saturated −25%#B9D8F5

Channel breakdown

R175
G216
B255
Red175 (68.6%)
Green216 (84.7%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue209.25°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness84.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AF · G D8 · B FF

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