#af9b9e

Color #af9b9e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light red.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 8.67 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#af9b9e

RGB

rgb(175, 155, 158)

HSL

hsl(351, 11.1%, 64.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(351, 11.4%, 68.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 9.7%, 31.4%)

LAB

lab(65.77, 7.87, 1.13)

LCH

lch(65.77, 7.95, 8.17)

OKLCH

oklch(70.8%, 0.0239, 7.45)

HWB

hwb(351, 60.8%, 31.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9bafac

Analogous

#af9ba8

#af9b9e

#afa29b

Triadic

#af9b9e

#9eaf9b

#9b9eaf

Split-complementary

#af9b9e

#9bafa2

#9ba8af

Tetradic

#af9b9e

#afac9b

#9bafac

#9b9eaf

Square

#af9b9e

#a8af9b

#9bafac

#a29baf

Shades

Color #af9b9e mixed toward black.

#977c80

#7a6265

#5c494c

#3d3133

#1f1819

Tints

Color #af9b9e mixed toward white.

#bcacae

#cabcbe

#d7cdce

#e4dedf

#f2eeef

Tones

Color #af9b9e mixed toward gray.

#ad9d9f

#ac9ea0

#aaa0a1

#a8a2a3

#a7a3a4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.62:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.01:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.01:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a7a79d · ΔE 13.6

Deuteranopia

#a8a99d · ΔE 15

Tritanopia

#ae9d9d · ΔE 2

Achromatopsia

#a0a0a0 · ΔE 9.4

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #af9b9e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#af9b9e]

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Frequently asked questions

#af9b9e (#af9b9e) is rgb(175, 155, 158) in RGB.

No, #af9b9e is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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