Recognised as Colour

#AFE6E9

#AFE6E9
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Powder blue

#AFE6E9 is a cyan with RGB values 175, 230, 233 and HSL 183°, 57%, 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 Powder blue.

Colour values

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HEX#AFE6E9

RGBrgb(175, 230, 233)

RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.902, 0.9137

RGB percentages68.6%, 90.2%, 91.4%

HSLhsl(183.1, 56.9%, 80%)

HSV / HSBhsv(183.1, 24.9%, 91.4%)

CMYK24.9%, 1.3%, 0%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,527,913

CSS custom property--colour: #AFE6E9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71591WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness215.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.32:1

Contrast with white1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.32:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DBDBDB

Inverted#501916

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DEE1E9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#D3D9E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.9 from the original

Tritanopia#9CEAE7no 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 text15.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 3.2 Pale turquoise · ΔE 3.8 Light blue · ΔE 8.3 Light cyan · ΔE 12.8 Sky blue · ΔE 16.6 Azure · ΔE 17.2

Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 3.23, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#E9B2AF

Analogous#AFE9CF, #AFC9E9

Triadic#E9AFE6, #E6E9AF

Split complementary#E9AFC9, #E9CFAF

Tetradic#CFAFE9, #E9B2AF, #C9E9AF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#D7F3F4

Darker −10%#87D9DE

Darker −20%#5FCDD3

Darker −30%#37C1C8

Darker −40%#2C9AA0

More saturated +25%#A2F1F6

Less saturated −25%#BCDBDC

Channel breakdown

R175

G230

B233

Red175 (68.6%)

Green230 (90.2%)

Blue233 (91.4%)

Hue183.1°

Saturation (HSL)56.86%

Lightness80%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AF · G E6 · B E9

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