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Recognised as Colour

#AFE6E8

  • #AFE6E8
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#AFE6E8 is a cyan with RGB values 175, 230, 232 and HSL 182°, 55%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#AFE6E8#AFE6E8
HEX#AFE6E8
RGBrgb(175, 230, 232)
RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.902, 0.9098
RGB percentages68.6%, 90.2%, 91%
HSLhsl(182.1, 55.3%, 79.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(182.1, 24.6%, 91%)
CMYK24.6%, 0.9%, 0%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,527,912
CSS custom property--colour: #AFE6E8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71534WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness215.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.31:1
Contrast with white1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DADADA
Inverted#501917

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DEE1E8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#D3D9E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.9 from the original
Tritanopia#9CEAE6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 3.5Powder blue · ΔE 3.6Light blue · ΔE 8.7Light cyan · ΔE 12.8Sky blue · ΔE 17Azure · ΔE 17.2
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 3.54, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E8B1AF
Analogous#AFE8CE, #AFC9E8
Triadic#E8AFE6, #E6E8AF
Split complementary#E8AFC9, #E8CEAF
Tetradic#CEAFE8, #E8B1AF, #CAE8AF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FEFFFF
Lighter +10%#D7F2F3
Darker −10%#87DADD
Darker −20%#60CDD1
Darker −30%#39C0C5
Darker −40%#2D9A9E
More saturated +25%#A2F2F5
Less saturated −25%#BCDADB

Channel breakdown

R175
G230
B232
Red175 (68.6%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue232 (91%)
Hue182.11°
Saturation (HSL)55.34%
Lightness79.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AF · G E6 · B E8

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