#afa1cd

Color #afa1cd

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 16.05 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 9.3

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Conversions

HEX

#afa1cd

RGB

rgb(175, 161, 205)

HSL

hsl(259.1, 30.6%, 71.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(259.1, 21.5%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.6%, 21.5%, 0%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(68.76, 13.8, -20.6)

LCH

lch(68.76, 24.8, 303.82)

OKLCH

oklch(73.6%, 0.0644, 299.39)

HWB

hwb(259.1, 63.1%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bfcda1

Analogous

#a1a9cd

#afa1cd

#c5a1cd

Triadic

#afa1cd

#cdafa1

#a1cdaf

Split-complementary

#afa1cd

#cdc5a1

#a9cda1

Tetradic

#afa1cd

#cda1bf

#bfcda1

#a1cdaf

Square

#afa1cd

#cda1a9

#bfcda1

#a1cdc5

Shades

Color #afa1cd mixed toward black.

#8d79b8

#6c559f

#514078

#362a50

#1b1528

Tints

Color #afa1cd mixed toward white.

#bcb1d5

#cac0de

#d7d0e6

#e4e0ee

#f2eff7

Tones

Color #afa1cd mixed toward gray.

#b0a5c9

#b2a8c6

#b3acc2

#b4b0be

#b6b3bb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.39:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.8:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.8:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a9a9c4 · ΔE 6.9

Deuteranopia

#aaabc1 · ΔE 8.8

Tritanopia

#aebcba · ΔE 21.8

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 17.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #afa1cd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#afa1cd]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#afa1cd (#afa1cd) is rgb(175, 161, 205) in RGB.

No, #afa1cd is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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