#afa8b4

Color #afa8b4

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 7.12 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 3.1

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Conversions

HEX

#afa8b4

RGB

rgb(175, 168, 180)

HSL

hsl(275, 7.4%, 68.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(275, 6.7%, 70.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.8%, 6.7%, 0%, 29.4%)

LAB

lab(69.76, 4.77, -5.26)

LCH

lch(69.76, 7.1, 312.2)

OKLCH

oklch(74.1%, 0.0187, 311.53)

HWB

hwb(275, 65.9%, 29.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#adb4a8

Analogous

#a9a8b4

#afa8b4

#b4a8b3

Triadic

#afa8b4

#b4afa8

#a8b4af

Split-complementary

#afa8b4

#b3b4a8

#a8b4a9

Tetradic

#afa8b4

#b4a8ad

#adb4a8

#a8b4af

Square

#afa8b4

#b4a9a8

#adb4a8

#a8b3b4

Shades

Color #afa8b4 mixed toward black.

#928999

#756b7d

#58515d

#3b363e

#1d1b1f

Tints

Color #afa8b4 mixed toward white.

#bcb6c0

#cac5cd

#d7d3d9

#e4e2e6

#f2f0f2

Tones

Color #afa8b4 mixed toward gray.

#afa9b3

#afaab2

#aeabb1

#aeacb0

#aeadaf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.31:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.08:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.08:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#acacb1 · ΔE 5.1

Deuteranopia

#acadb1 · ΔE 6

Tritanopia

#afafae · ΔE 8.1

Achromatopsia

#aaaaaa · ΔE 7.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #afa8b4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#afa8b4]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#afa8b4 (#afa8b4) is rgb(175, 168, 180) in RGB.

No, #afa8b4 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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