#afaad9

Color #afaad9

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 16.4 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 7

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Conversions

HEX

#afaad9

RGB

rgb(175, 170, 217)

HSL

hsl(246.4, 38.2%, 75.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.4, 21.7%, 85.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.4%, 21.7%, 0%, 14.9%)

LAB

lab(71.47, 11.45, -23.08)

LCH

lch(71.47, 25.76, 296.39)

OKLCH

oklch(75.8%, 0.067, 289.54)

HWB

hwb(246.4, 66.7%, 14.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d4d9aa

Analogous

#aabdd9

#afaad9

#c7aad9

Triadic

#afaad9

#d9afaa

#aad9af

Split-complementary

#afaad9

#d9c7aa

#bdd9aa

Tetradic

#afaad9

#d9aad4

#d4d9aa

#aad9af

Square

#afaad9

#d9aabd

#d4d9aa

#aad9c7

Shades

Color #afaad9 mixed toward black.

#857dc5

#5b51b1

#443c86

#2d2859

#17142d

Tints

Color #afaad9 mixed toward white.

#bcb8df

#cac6e6

#d7d5ec

#e4e3f2

#f2f1f9

Tones

Color #afaad9 mixed toward gray.

#b2aed5

#b5b2d1

#b8b6cd

#bbbac9

#bebec5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.19:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.57:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.57:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#adadcf · ΔE 3.8

Deuteranopia

#adaecc · ΔE 5.1

Tritanopia

#afc6c5 · ΔE 22.2

Achromatopsia

#afafaf · ΔE 17.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #afaad9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#afaad9]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#afaad9 (#afaad9) is rgb(175, 170, 217) in RGB.

No, #afaad9 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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