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Recognised as Colour

#AFE0F8

  • #AFE0F8
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#AFE0F8 is a cyan with RGB values 175, 224, 248 and HSL 200°, 84%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#AFE0F8#AFE0F8
HEX#AFE0F8
RGBrgb(175, 224, 248)
RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.8784, 0.9725
RGB percentages68.6%, 87.8%, 97.3%
HSLhsl(199.7, 83.9%, 82.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.7, 29.4%, 97.3%)
CMYK29.4%, 9.7%, 0%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,526,392
CSS custom property--colour: #AFE0F8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69203WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness213.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.84:1
Contrast with white1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7
Inverted#501F07

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D4DEF9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#C9D5F8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.5 from the original
Tritanopia#98E7E7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.42:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 6Powder blue · ΔE 9.6Sky blue · ΔE 9.8Light steelblue · ΔE 12.3Light skyblue · ΔE 13.6Pale turquoise · ΔE 14.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 6.04, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F8C7AF
Analogous#AFF8EC, #AFBCF8
Triadic#F8AFE0, #E0F8AF
Split complementary#F8AFBB, #F8ECAF
Tetradic#ECAFF8, #F8C7AF, #BBF8AF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DEF2FC
Darker −10%#80CEF4
Darker −20%#51BCF0
Darker −30%#22A9EC
Darker −40%#128DC9
More saturated +25%#A8E2FF
Less saturated −25%#BADCED

Channel breakdown

R175
G224
B248
Red175 (68.6%)
Green224 (87.8%)
Blue248 (97.3%)
Hue199.73°
Saturation (HSL)83.91%
Lightness82.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AF · G E0 · B F8

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