#afabc9

Color #afabc9

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 11.32 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 8.3

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Conversions

HEX

#afabc9

RGB

rgb(175, 171, 201)

HSL

hsl(248, 21.7%, 72.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(248, 14.9%, 78.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.9%, 14.9%, 0%, 21.2%)

LAB

lab(71.18, 7.39, -14.73)

LCH

lch(71.18, 16.48, 296.64)

OKLCH

oklch(75.4%, 0.0429, 291.48)

HWB

hwb(248, 67.1%, 21.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c5c9ab

Analogous

#abb6c9

#afabc9

#beabc9

Triadic

#afabc9

#c9afab

#abc9af

Split-complementary

#afabc9

#c9beab

#b6c9ab

Tetradic

#afabc9

#c9abc5

#c5c9ab

#abc9af

Square

#afabc9

#c9abb6

#c5c9ab

#abc9be

Shades

Color #afabc9 mixed toward black.

#8b85b1

#686197

#4e4971

#34314b

#1a1826

Tints

Color #afabc9 mixed toward white.

#bcb9d2

#cac7db

#d7d5e4

#e4e3ed

#f2f1f6

Tones

Color #afabc9 mixed toward gray.

#b1adc6

#b3b0c4

#b4b2c1

#b6b5bf

#b8b7bc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.21:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.49:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.49:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#adadc2 · ΔE 3.8

Deuteranopia

#aeaec1 · ΔE 4.5

Tritanopia

#afbdbc · ΔE 17.2

Achromatopsia

#aeaeae · ΔE 13

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #afabc9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#afabc9]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#afabc9 (#afabc9) is rgb(175, 171, 201) in RGB.

No, #afabc9 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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