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Recognised as Colour

#AFF8EE

  • #AFF8EE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#AFF8EE is a cyan with RGB values 175, 248, 238 and HSL 172°, 84%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#AFF8EE#AFF8EE
HEX#AFF8EE
RGBrgb(175, 248, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.9725, 0.9333
RGB percentages68.6%, 97.3%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(171.8, 83.9%, 82.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(171.8, 29.4%, 97.3%)
CMYK29.4%, 0%, 4%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,532,526
CSS custom property--colour: #AFF8EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.82422WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness227.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.48:1
Contrast with white1.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E8E8E8
Inverted#500711

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F1F0EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#E3E6EFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.3 from the original
Tritanopia#98FBF5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.2:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 6.9Powder blue · ΔE 13.6Light cyan · ΔE 15.5Light blue · ΔE 18.6Honeydew · ΔE 19.6Azure · ΔE 20.6
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 6.85, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F8AFB9
Analogous#AFF8CA, #AFDEF8
Triadic#EEAFF8, #F8EEAF
Split complementary#F8AFDD, #F8CAAF
Tetradic#CAAFF8, #F8AFB9, #DEF8AF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DEFCF8
Darker −10%#80F4E4
Darker −20%#51F0DA
Darker −30%#22ECD0
Darker −40%#12C9B0
More saturated +25%#A8FFF3
Less saturated −25%#BAEDE6

Channel breakdown

R175
G248
B238
Red175 (68.6%)
Green248 (97.3%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue171.78°
Saturation (HSL)83.91%
Lightness82.94%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR AF · G F8 · B EE

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