#afa8ea

Color #afa8ea

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 19.07 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#afa8ea

RGB

rgb(175, 168, 234)

HSL

hsl(246.4, 61.1%, 78.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.4, 28.2%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.2%, 28.2%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(71.59, 16.5, -32.17)

LCH

lch(71.59, 36.15, 297.15)

OKLCH

oklch(76.1%, 0.0939, 288.82)

HWB

hwb(246.4, 65.9%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e3eaa8

Analogous

#a8c2ea

#afa8ea

#d0a8ea

Triadic

#afa8ea

#eaafa8

#a8eaaf

Split-complementary

#afa8ea

#ead0a8

#c2eaa8

Tetradic

#afa8ea

#eaa8e3

#e3eaa8

#a8eaaf

Square

#afa8ea

#eaa8c2

#e3eaa8

#a8ead0

Shades

Color #afa8ea mixed toward black.

#7d72dd

#4c3cd0

#3427a2

#231a6c

#110d36

Tints

Color #afa8ea mixed toward white.

#bcb6ed

#cac5f1

#d7d3f4

#e4e2f8

#f2f0fb

Tones

Color #afa8ea mixed toward gray.

#b3ade4

#b8b3df

#bcb8d9

#c0bed4

#c5c3ce

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.18:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.61:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.61:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#acacdc · ΔE 3.8

Deuteranopia

#acadd9 · ΔE 4.7

Tritanopia

#afd1ce · ΔE 25.6

Achromatopsia

#afafaf · ΔE 20.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #afa8ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#afa8ea]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#afa8ea (#afa8ea) is rgb(175, 168, 234) in RGB.

No, #afa8ea 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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