#afa1cb

Color #afa1cb

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 15.4 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 9.8

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Conversions

HEX

#afa1cb

RGB

rgb(175, 161, 203)

HSL

hsl(260, 28.8%, 71.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(260, 20.7%, 79.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.8%, 20.7%, 0%, 20.4%)

LAB

lab(68.69, 13.37, -19.6)

LCH

lch(68.69, 23.73, 304.3)

OKLCH

oklch(73.5%, 0.0617, 300.18)

HWB

hwb(260, 63.1%, 20.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bdcba1

Analogous

#a1a8cb

#afa1cb

#c4a1cb

Triadic

#afa1cb

#cbafa1

#a1cbaf

Split-complementary

#afa1cb

#cbc4a1

#a8cba1

Tetradic

#afa1cb

#cba1bd

#bdcba1

#a1cbaf

Square

#afa1cb

#cba1a8

#bdcba1

#a1cbc4

Shades

Color #afa1cb mixed toward black.

#8e7ab5

#6e569c

#524175

#372b4e

#1b1627

Tints

Color #afa1cb mixed toward white.

#bcb1d4

#cac0dc

#d7d0e5

#e4e0ee

#f2eff6

Tones

Color #afa1cb mixed toward gray.

#b0a5c8

#b1a8c4

#b3acc1

#b4afbd

#b5b3ba

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.39:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.78:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.78:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a9a9c2 · ΔE 7.2

Deuteranopia

#aaabc0 · ΔE 8.8

Tritanopia

#aebab9 · ΔE 20.7

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 17.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #afa1cb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#afa1cb]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Frequently asked questions

#afa1cb (#afa1cb) is rgb(175, 161, 203) in RGB.

No, #afa1cb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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