#afa8ba

Color #afa8ba

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 10.25 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#afa8ba

RGB

rgb(175, 168, 186)

HSL

hsl(263.3, 11.5%, 69.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(263.3, 9.7%, 72.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.9%, 9.7%, 0%, 27.1%)

LAB

lab(69.94, 5.95, -8.32)

LCH

lch(69.94, 10.23, 305.57)

OKLCH

oklch(74.3%, 0.0267, 303.39)

HWB

hwb(263.3, 65.9%, 27.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b3baa8

Analogous

#a8aaba

#afa8ba

#b8a8ba

Triadic

#afa8ba

#baafa8

#a8baaf

Split-complementary

#afa8ba

#bab8a8

#aabaa8

Tetradic

#afa8ba

#baa8b3

#b3baa8

#a8baaf

Square

#afa8ba

#baa8aa

#b3baa8

#a8bab8

Shades

Color #afa8ba mixed toward black.

#9187a0

#736884

#564e63

#393442

#1d1a21

Tints

Color #afa8ba mixed toward white.

#bcb6c5

#cac5d1

#d7d3dc

#e4e2e8

#f2f0f3

Tones

Color #afa8ba mixed toward gray.

#afa9b8

#b0abb7

#b0acb5

#b0aeb4

#b1afb2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.3:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.13:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.13:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#acacb6 · ΔE 5.1

Deuteranopia

#acadb5 · ΔE 6.3

Tritanopia

#afb2b2 · ΔE 10.8

Achromatopsia

#ababab · ΔE 9.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #afa8ba;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#afa8ba]

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Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#afa8ba (#afa8ba) is rgb(175, 168, 186) in RGB.

No, #afa8ba 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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