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Recognised as Colour

#AFEBE5

  • #AFEBE5
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#AFEBE5 is a cyan with RGB values 175, 235, 229 and HSL 174°, 60%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#AFEBE5#AFEBE5
HEX#AFEBE5
RGBrgb(175, 235, 229)
RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.9216, 0.898
RGB percentages68.6%, 92.2%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(174, 60%, 80.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(174, 25.5%, 92.2%)
CMYK25.5%, 0%, 2.6%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,529,189
CSS custom property--colour: #AFEBE5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74188WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness218.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.84:1
Contrast with white1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE
Inverted#50141A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E4E5E5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#D9DCE6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.1 from the original
Tritanopia#9CEEE9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.33:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 3.4Powder blue · ΔE 8.2Light blue · ΔE 13.4Light cyan · ΔE 13.5Honeydew · ΔE 18Azure · ΔE 18.2
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 3.36, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EBAFB5
Analogous#AFEBC7, #AFD3EB
Triadic#E5AFEB, #EBE5AF
Split complementary#EBAFD3, #EBC7AF
Tetradic#C7AFEB, #EBAFB5, #D3EBAF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#D8F5F2
Darker −10%#86E1D8
Darker −20%#5DD7CA
Darker −30%#35CCBD
Darker −40%#29A598
More saturated +25%#A3F8EF
Less saturated −25%#BCDFDB

Channel breakdown

R175
G235
B229
Red175 (68.6%)
Green235 (92.2%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue174°
Saturation (HSL)60%
Lightness80.39%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR AF · G EB · B E5

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