Recognised as Colour

#AFDCDB

#AFDCDB
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Powder blue

#AFDCDB is a cyan with RGB values 175, 220, 219 and HSL 179°, 39%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#AFDCDB#AFDCDB

HEX#AFDCDB

RGBrgb(175, 220, 219)

RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.8627, 0.8588

RGB percentages68.6%, 86.3%, 85.9%

HSLhsl(178.7, 39.1%, 77.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(178.7, 20.5%, 86.3%)

CMYK20.5%, 0%, 0.5%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,525,339

CSS custom property--colour: #AFDCDB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65415WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness207.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.08:1

Contrast with white1.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2

Inverted#502324

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D6D7DBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#CDD1DBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.3 from the original

Tritanopia#A1DFDCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.4 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 text14.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 4 Pale turquoise · ΔE 7.6 Light blue · ΔE 8.2 Light cyan · ΔE 14 Light grey · ΔE 15.4 Gainsboro · ΔE 15.7

Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 4.01, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#DCAFB0

Analogous#AFDCC4, #AFC7DC

Triadic#DBAFDC, #DCDBAF

Split complementary#DCAFC7, #DCC4AF

Tetradic#C4AFDC, #DCAFB0, #C7DCAF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F6FBFB

Lighter +10%#D2ECEB

Darker −10%#8CCCCB

Darker −20%#68BDBB

Darker −30%#4AA8A6

Darker −40%#3A8583

More saturated +25%#A1EAE9

Less saturated −25%#BDCECD

Channel breakdown

R175

G220

B219

Red175 (68.6%)

Green220 (86.3%)

Blue219 (85.9%)

Hue178.67°

Saturation (HSL)39.13%

Lightness77.45%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR AF · G DC · B DB

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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