Recognised as Colour

#AFE7EB

#AFE7EB
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Powder blue

#AFE7EB is a cyan with RGB values 175, 231, 235 and HSL 184°, 60%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

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HEX#AFE7EB

RGBrgb(175, 231, 235)

RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.9059, 0.9216

RGB percentages68.6%, 90.6%, 92.2%

HSLhsl(184, 60%, 80.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(184, 25.5%, 92.2%)

CMYK25.5%, 1.7%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,528,171

CSS custom property--colour: #AFE7EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72264WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness216.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.45:1

Contrast with white1.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DBDBDB

Inverted#501814

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DFE2EBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#D4D9EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.7 from the original

Tritanopia#9BEBE8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.36:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 3.4 Pale turquoise · ΔE 3.7 Light blue · ΔE 8.2 Light cyan · ΔE 12.7 Sky blue · ΔE 16.3 Azure · ΔE 17.2

Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 3.37, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EBB3AF

Analogous#AFEBD1, #AFC9EB

Triadic#EBAFE7, #E7EBAF

Split complementary#EBAFC9, #EBD1AF

Tetradic#D1AFEB, #EBB3AF, #C9EBAF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#D8F3F5

Darker −10%#86DBE1

Darker −20%#5DCFD7

Darker −30%#35C2CC

Darker −40%#299DA5

More saturated +25%#A3F2F8

Less saturated −25%#BCDCDF

Channel breakdown

R175

G231

B235

Red175 (68.6%)

Green231 (90.6%)

Blue235 (92.2%)

Hue184°

Saturation (HSL)60%

Lightness80.39%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AF · G E7 · B EB

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