#afa6b6

Color #afa6b6

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 9.43 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 3.2

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Conversions

HEX

#afa6b6

RGB

rgb(175, 166, 182)

HSL

hsl(273.8, 9.9%, 68.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(273.8, 8.8%, 71.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.8%, 8.8%, 0%, 28.6%)

LAB

lab(69.3, 6.26, -7.05)

LCH

lch(69.3, 9.43, 311.6)

OKLCH

oklch(73.8%, 0.0248, 310.75)

HWB

hwb(273.8, 65.1%, 28.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#adb6a6

Analogous

#a7a6b6

#afa6b6

#b6a6b5

Triadic

#afa6b6

#b6afa6

#a6b6af

Split-complementary

#afa6b6

#b5b6a6

#a6b6a7

Tetradic

#afa6b6

#b6a6ad

#adb6a6

#a6b6af

Square

#afa6b6

#b6a7a6

#adb6a6

#a6b5b6

Shades

Color #afa6b6 mixed toward black.

#92869c

#75687f

#584e60

#3b3440

#1d1a20

Tints

Color #afa6b6 mixed toward white.

#bcb5c2

#cac4ce

#d7d2da

#e4e1e7

#f2f0f3

Tones

Color #afa6b6 mixed toward gray.

#afa7b5

#afa9b3

#aeaab2

#aeabb1

#aeadaf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.35:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.95:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.95:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ababb2 · ΔE 6.2

Deuteranopia

#acacb1 · ΔE 7

Tritanopia

#afafaf · ΔE 9.4

Achromatopsia

#a9a9a9 · ΔE 9.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #afa6b6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#afa6b6]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#afa6b6 (#afa6b6) is rgb(175, 166, 182) in RGB.

No, #afa6b6 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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