Recognised as Colour
#AFDED4
- #AFDED4
- Cyan
- Light
- Nearest: Pale turquoise
#AFDED4 is a cyan with RGB values 175, 222, 212 and HSL 167°, 42%, 78%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.
Colour values
#AFDED4#AFDED4
HEX#AFDED4
RGBrgb(175, 222, 212)
RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.8706, 0.8314
RGB percentages68.6%, 87.1%, 83.1%
HSLhsl(167.2, 41.6%, 77.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(167.2, 21.2%, 87.1%)
CMYK21.2%, 0%, 4.5%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,525,844
CSS custom property--colour: #AFDED4;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.6611WCAG 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 14.22:1
Contrast with white1.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D3D3D3
Inverted#50212B
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.48:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.22:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#DEAFB9
Analogous#AFDEBD, #AFD0DE
Triadic#D4AFDE, #DED4AF
Split complementary#DEAFD0, #DEBDAF
Tetradic#BDAFDE, #DEAFB9, #D1DEAF
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R175
G222
B212
Red175 (68.6%)
Green222 (87.1%)
Blue212 (83.1%)
Hue167.23°
Saturation (HSL)41.59%
Lightness77.84%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR AF · G DE · B D4
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