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Recognised as Colour

#AFE9E8

  • #AFE9E8
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#AFE9E8 is a cyan with RGB values 175, 233, 232 and HSL 179°, 57%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#AFE9E8#AFE9E8
HEX#AFE9E8
RGBrgb(175, 233, 232)
RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.9137, 0.9098
RGB percentages68.6%, 91.4%, 91%
HSLhsl(179, 56.9%, 80%)
HSV / HSBhsv(179, 24.9%, 91.4%)
CMYK24.9%, 0%, 0.4%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,528,680
CSS custom property--colour: #AFE9E8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73218WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness217.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.64:1
Contrast with white1.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD
Inverted#501617

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E2E3E8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#D6DBE9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.6 from the original
Tritanopia#9CEDE8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.34:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 2.1Powder blue · ΔE 5.6Light blue · ΔE 10.8Light cyan · ΔE 12.8Azure · ΔE 17.5Honeydew · ΔE 18.4
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 2.12, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E9AFB0
Analogous#AFE9CB, #AFCDE9
Triadic#E8AFE9, #E9E8AF
Split complementary#E9AFCD, #E9CBAF
Tetradic#CBAFE9, #E9AFB0, #CDE9AF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#D7F4F4
Darker −10%#87DEDD
Darker −20%#5FD3D1
Darker −30%#37C8C6
Darker −40%#2CA09E
More saturated +25%#A2F6F4
Less saturated −25%#BCDCDC

Channel breakdown

R175
G233
B232
Red175 (68.6%)
Green233 (91.4%)
Blue232 (91%)
Hue178.97°
Saturation (HSL)56.86%
Lightness80%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR AF · G E9 · B E8

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