#afaabc

Color #afaabc

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 10.12 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#afaabc

RGB

rgb(175, 170, 188)

HSL

hsl(256.7, 11.8%, 70.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(256.7, 9.6%, 73.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.9%, 9.6%, 0%, 26.3%)

LAB

lab(70.52, 5.25, -8.56)

LCH

lch(70.52, 10.04, 301.52)

OKLCH

oklch(74.8%, 0.026, 298.43)

HWB

hwb(256.7, 66.7%, 26.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b7bcaa

Analogous

#aaaebc

#afaabc

#b8aabc

Triadic

#afaabc

#bcafaa

#aabcaf

Split-complementary

#afaabc

#bcb8aa

#aebcaa

Tetradic

#afaabc

#bcaab7

#b7bcaa

#aabcaf

Square

#afaabc

#bcaaae

#b7bcaa

#aabcb8

Shades

Color #afaabc mixed toward black.

#9089a2

#716985

#554f64

#393543

#1c1a21

Tints

Color #afaabc mixed toward white.

#bcb8c7

#cac6d2

#d7d5dd

#e4e3e9

#f2f1f4

Tones

Color #afaabc mixed toward gray.

#b0acba

#b0adb9

#b1afb7

#b2b0b6

#b2b2b5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.3:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.3:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#adadb8 · ΔE 4.1

Deuteranopia

#adaeb7 · ΔE 5.3

Tritanopia

#afb4b4 · ΔE 11

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 9.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #afaabc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#afaabc]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#afaabc (#afaabc) is rgb(175, 170, 188) in RGB.

No, #afaabc 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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