#afa5b6

Color #afa5b6

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 10.09 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#afa5b6

RGB

rgb(175, 165, 182)

HSL

hsl(275.3, 10.4%, 68%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(275.3, 9.3%, 71.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.8%, 9.3%, 0%, 28.6%)

LAB

lab(69.04, 6.81, -7.44)

LCH

lch(69.04, 10.09, 312.47)

OKLCH

oklch(73.6%, 0.0266, 311.65)

HWB

hwb(275.3, 64.7%, 28.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#acb6a5

Analogous

#a6a5b6

#afa5b6

#b6a5b4

Triadic

#afa5b6

#b6afa5

#a5b6af

Split-complementary

#afa5b6

#b4b6a5

#a5b6a6

Tetradic

#afa5b6

#b6a5ac

#acb6a5

#a5b6af

Square

#afa5b6

#b6a6a5

#acb6a5

#a5b4b6

Shades

Color #afa5b6 mixed toward black.

#93859c

#766880

#584e60

#3b3440

#1d1a20

Tints

Color #afa5b6 mixed toward white.

#bcb4c2

#cac3ce

#d7d2da

#e4e1e7

#f2f0f3

Tones

Color #afa5b6 mixed toward gray.

#afa6b4

#aea8b3

#aea9b2

#aeabb0

#aeacaf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.36:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.88:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.88:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ababb2 · ΔE 6.8

Deuteranopia

#abacb1 · ΔE 8.1

Tritanopia

#afafae · ΔE 10.7

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 9.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #afa5b6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#afa5b6]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#afa5b6 (#afa5b6) is rgb(175, 165, 182) in RGB.

No, #afa5b6 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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