#afa9c6

Color #afa9c6

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 11.91 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 7.7

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Conversions

HEX

#afa9c6

RGB

rgb(175, 169, 198)

HSL

hsl(252.4, 20.3%, 72%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(252.4, 14.6%, 77.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.6%, 14.6%, 0%, 22.4%)

LAB

lab(70.57, 7.86, -14)

LCH

lch(70.57, 16.06, 299.31)

OKLCH

oklch(74.9%, 0.0417, 294.84)

HWB

hwb(252.4, 66.3%, 22.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c0c6a9

Analogous

#a9b2c6

#afa9c6

#bea9c6

Triadic

#afa9c6

#c6afa9

#a9c6af

Split-complementary

#afa9c6

#c6bea9

#b2c6a9

Tetradic

#afa9c6

#c6a9c0

#c0c6a9

#a9c6af

Square

#afa9c6

#c6a9b2

#c0c6a9

#a9c6be

Shades

Color #afa9c6 mixed toward black.

#8d84ae

#6c6293

#51496e

#36314a

#1b1825

Tints

Color #afa9c6 mixed toward white.

#bcb7d0

#cac6d9

#d7d4e3

#e4e2ec

#f2f1f6

Tones

Color #afa9c6 mixed toward gray.

#b1acc4

#b2aec1

#b3b0bf

#b5b3bc

#b6b5ba

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.31:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.31:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#acacc0 · ΔE 4.3

Deuteranopia

#adadbe · ΔE 5.4

Tritanopia

#afbab9 · ΔE 16.7

Achromatopsia

#adadad · ΔE 12.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #afa9c6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#afa9c6]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#afa9c6 (#afa9c6) is rgb(175, 169, 198) in RGB.

No, #afa9c6 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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