#afa5bb

Color #afa5bb

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 12.18 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#afa5bb

RGB

rgb(175, 165, 187)

HSL

hsl(267.3, 13.9%, 69%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(267.3, 11.8%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.4%, 11.8%, 0%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(69.19, 7.81, -9.98)

LCH

lch(69.19, 12.67, 308.05)

OKLCH

oklch(73.7%, 0.0331, 306.04)

HWB

hwb(267.3, 64.7%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b1bba5

Analogous

#a5a6bb

#afa5bb

#baa5bb

Triadic

#afa5bb

#bbafa5

#a5bbaf

Split-complementary

#afa5bb

#bbbaa5

#a6bba5

Tetradic

#afa5bb

#bba5b1

#b1bba5

#a5bbaf

Square

#afa5bb

#bba5a6

#b1bba5

#a5bbba

Shades

Color #afa5bb mixed toward black.

#9184a2

#746586

#574c64

#3a3243

#1d1921

Tints

Color #afa5bb mixed toward white.

#bcb4c6

#cac3d2

#d7d2dd

#e4e1e8

#f2f0f4

Tones

Color #afa5bb mixed toward gray.

#afa7b9

#afa9b7

#afaab5

#b0acb4

#b0aeb2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.35:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.92:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.92:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ababb6 · ΔE 6.7

Deuteranopia

#abacb5 · ΔE 7.9

Tritanopia

#afb2b1 · ΔE 13.1

Achromatopsia

#a9a9a9 · ΔE 11.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #afa5bb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#afa5bb]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#afa5bb (#afa5bb) is rgb(175, 165, 187) in RGB.

No, #afa5bb 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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