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Recognised as Colour

#AFE4DC

  • #AFE4DC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#AFE4DC is a cyan with RGB values 175, 228, 220 and HSL 171°, 50%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#AFE4DC#AFE4DC
HEX#AFE4DC
RGBrgb(175, 228, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.8941, 0.8627
RGB percentages68.6%, 89.4%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(170.9, 49.5%, 79%)
HSV / HSBhsv(170.9, 23.2%, 89.4%)
CMYK23.2%, 0%, 3.5%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,527,388
CSS custom property--colour: #AFE4DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69768WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness212.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.95:1
Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8
Inverted#501B23

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DFDEDCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#D5D6DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.6 from the original
Tritanopia#A0E6E1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 5.8Powder blue · ΔE 7.8Light blue · ΔE 12.8Light cyan · ΔE 14.1Honeydew · ΔE 17.5Azure · ΔE 18.2
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 5.83, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E4AFB7
Analogous#AFE4C2, #AFD2E4
Triadic#DCAFE4, #E4DCAF
Split complementary#E4AFD2, #E4C2AF
Tetradic#C2AFE4, #E4AFB7, #D2E4AF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FBFEFD
Lighter +10%#D5F1ED
Darker −10%#89D7CB
Darker −20%#63CABB
Darker −30%#3FBBA8
Darker −40%#329586
More saturated +25%#A2F1E5
Less saturated −25%#BCD7D3

Channel breakdown

R175
G228
B220
Red175 (68.6%)
Green228 (89.4%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue170.94°
Saturation (HSL)49.53%
Lightness79.02%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR AF · G E4 · B DC

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