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Recognised as Colour

#AFE8DA

  • #AFE8DA
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#AFE8DA is a cyan with RGB values 175, 232, 218 and HSL 165°, 55%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#AFE8DA#AFE8DA
HEX#AFE8DA
RGBrgb(175, 232, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.9098, 0.8549
RGB percentages68.6%, 91%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(165.3, 55.3%, 79.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(165.3, 24.6%, 91%)
CMYK24.6%, 0%, 6%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,528,410
CSS custom property--colour: #AFE8DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71889WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness214.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.38:1
Contrast with white1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DBDBDB
Inverted#501725

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E3E1D9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#D9D9DBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.4 from the original
Tritanopia#A0EAE4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.2 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 text15.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 7.7Powder blue · ΔE 11.4Light cyan · ΔE 15.4Light blue · ΔE 16.5Honeydew · ΔE 17.7Azure · ΔE 19.6
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 7.74, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E8AFBD
Analogous#AFE8BE, #AFD9E8
Triadic#DAAFE8, #E8DAAF
Split complementary#E8AFD9, #E8BEAF
Tetradic#BEAFE8, #E8AFBD, #D9E8AF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FEFFFF
Lighter +10%#D7F3EC
Darker −10%#87DDC8
Darker −20%#60D1B5
Darker −30%#39C5A3
Darker −40%#2D9E82
More saturated +25%#A2F5E1
Less saturated −25%#BCDBD3

Channel breakdown

R175
G232
B218
Red175 (68.6%)
Green232 (91%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue165.26°
Saturation (HSL)55.34%
Lightness79.8%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR AF · G E8 · B DA

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