#afa4b7

Color #afa4b7

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 11.26 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#afa4b7

RGB

rgb(175, 164, 183)

HSL

hsl(274.7, 11.7%, 68%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(274.7, 10.4%, 71.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.4%, 10.4%, 0%, 28.2%)

LAB

lab(68.81, 7.56, -8.33)

LCH

lch(68.81, 11.25, 312.23)

OKLCH

oklch(73.4%, 0.0296, 311.17)

HWB

hwb(274.7, 64.3%, 28.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#acb7a4

Analogous

#a5a4b7

#afa4b7

#b7a4b5

Triadic

#afa4b7

#b7afa4

#a4b7af

Split-complementary

#afa4b7

#b5b7a4

#a4b7a5

Tetradic

#afa4b7

#b7a4ac

#acb7a4

#a4b7af

Square

#afa4b7

#b7a5a4

#acb7a4

#a4b5b7

Shades

Color #afa4b7 mixed toward black.

#93849d

#766681

#584d61

#3b3341

#1d1a20

Tints

Color #afa4b7 mixed toward white.

#bcb3c3

#cac2cf

#d7d1db

#e4e1e7

#f2f0f3

Tones

Color #afa4b7 mixed toward gray.

#afa5b5

#aea7b4

#aea9b2

#aeaab1

#aeacaf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.82:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.82:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aaaab3 · ΔE 6.9

Deuteranopia

#abacb2 · ΔE 8.5

Tritanopia

#aeafae · ΔE 11.7

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 10.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #afa4b7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#afa4b7]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#afa4b7 (#afa4b7) is rgb(175, 164, 183) in RGB.

No, #afa4b7 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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