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Colour

#AFD9FF

  • #AFD9FF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#AFD9FF is a blue with RGB values 175, 217, 255 and HSL 209°, 100%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#AFD9FF#AFD9FF
HEX#AFD9FF
RGBrgb(175, 217, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.851, 1
RGB percentages68.6%, 85.1%, 100%
HSLhsl(208.5, 100%, 84.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(208.5, 31.4%, 100%)
CMYK31.4%, 14.9%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,524,607
CSS custom property--colour: #AFD9FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6596WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness210.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.19:1
Contrast with white1.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D3D3D3
Inverted#502600

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CAD9FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#C0D0FEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.6 from the original
Tritanopia#96E2E5no 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 text1.48:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 9.6Light steelblue · ΔE 10.8Sky blue · ΔE 11.5Light blue · ΔE 12.9Lavender · ΔE 17.3Powder blue · ΔE 17.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 9.59, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFD5AF
Analogous#AFFFFD, #AFB1FF
Triadic#FFAFD9, #D9FFAF
Split complementary#FFAFB1, #FFFDAF
Tetradic#FDAFFF, #FFD5AF, #B1FFAF

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%#7CC1FF
Darker −20%#49A9FF
Darker −30%#1690FF
Darker −40%#0077E2
More saturated +25%#AFD9FF
Less saturated −25%#B9D9F5

Channel breakdown

R175
G217
B255
Red175 (68.6%)
Green217 (85.1%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue208.5°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness84.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AF · G D9 · B FF

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