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Recognised as Colour

#AFE6DE

  • #AFE6DE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#AFE6DE is a cyan with RGB values 175, 230, 222 and HSL 171°, 52%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#AFE6DE#AFE6DE
HEX#AFE6DE
RGBrgb(175, 230, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.902, 0.8706
RGB percentages68.6%, 90.2%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(171.3, 52.4%, 79.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(171.3, 23.9%, 90.2%)
CMYK23.9%, 0%, 3.5%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,527,902
CSS custom property--colour: #AFE6DE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70982WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness214.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.2:1
Contrast with white1.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DADADA
Inverted#501921

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E0E0DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19 from the original
Deuteranopia#D6D8DFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.8 from the original
Tritanopia#9FE8E3no 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 text1.38:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 5.3Powder blue · ΔE 8.1Light blue · ΔE 13.2Light cyan · ΔE 13.9Honeydew · ΔE 17.6Azure · ΔE 18.3
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 5.28, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E6AFB7
Analogous#AFE6C3, #AFD3E6
Triadic#DEAFE6, #E6DEAF
Split complementary#E6AFD3, #E6C3AF
Tetradic#C3AFE6, #E6AFB7, #D3E6AF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FDFEFE
Lighter +10%#D6F2EE
Darker −10%#88DACE
Darker −20%#61CEBE
Darker −30%#3CC0AD
Darker −40%#30998A
More saturated +25%#A2F3E7
Less saturated −25%#BCD9D5

Channel breakdown

R175
G230
B222
Red175 (68.6%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue171.27°
Saturation (HSL)52.38%
Lightness79.41%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR AF · G E6 · B DE

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