#afa4b4

Color #afa4b4

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 9.75 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 2.9

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Conversions

HEX

#afa4b4

RGB

rgb(175, 164, 180)

HSL

hsl(281.2, 9.6%, 67.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(281.2, 8.9%, 70.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.8%, 8.9%, 0%, 29.4%)

LAB

lab(68.72, 6.97, -6.8)

LCH

lch(68.72, 9.74, 315.71)

OKLCH

oklch(73.3%, 0.0258, 315.47)

HWB

hwb(281.2, 64.3%, 29.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a9b4a4

Analogous

#a7a4b4

#afa4b4

#b4a4b1

Triadic

#afa4b4

#b4afa4

#a4b4af

Split-complementary

#afa4b4

#b1b4a4

#a4b4a7

Tetradic

#afa4b4

#b4a4a9

#a9b4a4

#a4b4af

Square

#afa4b4

#b4a7a4

#a9b4a4

#a4b1b4

Shades

Color #afa4b4 mixed toward black.

#93859a

#77687e

#594e5e

#3b343f

#1e1a1f

Tints

Color #afa4b4 mixed toward white.

#bcb3c1

#cac2cd

#d7d2da

#e4e1e6

#f2f0f3

Tones

Color #afa4b4 mixed toward gray.

#afa5b3

#aea7b1

#aea8b0

#ada9af

#adabad

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.39:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.79:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.79:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aaaab0 · ΔE 7.2

Deuteranopia

#abacaf · ΔE 8.9

Tritanopia

#aeadad · ΔE 9.5

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 9.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #afa4b4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#afa4b4]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#afa4b4 (#afa4b4) is rgb(175, 164, 180) in RGB.

No, #afa4b4 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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