#afaeb5

Color #afaeb5

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 4.39 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#afaeb5

RGB

rgb(175, 174, 181)

HSL

hsl(248.6, 4.5%, 69.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(248.6, 3.9%, 71%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.3%, 3.9%, 0%, 29%)

LAB

lab(71.37, 1.69, -3.45)

LCH

lch(71.37, 3.84, 296.1)

OKLCH

oklch(75.4%, 0.01, 292.44)

HWB

hwb(248.6, 68.2%, 29%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b4b5ae

Analogous

#aeb0b5

#afaeb5

#b2aeb5

Triadic

#afaeb5

#b5afae

#aeb5af

Split-complementary

#afaeb5

#b5b2ae

#b0b5ae

Tetradic

#afaeb5

#b5aeb4

#b4b5ae

#aeb5af

Square

#afaeb5

#b5aeb0

#b4b5ae

#aeb5b2

Shades

Color #afaeb5 mixed toward black.

#908f99

#73717c

#56555d

#39383e

#1d1c1f

Tints

Color #afaeb5 mixed toward white.

#bcbbc1

#cac9ce

#d7d6da

#e4e4e6

#f2f1f3

Tones

Color #afaeb5 mixed toward gray.

#afafb4

#b0afb4

#b0b0b3

#b1b0b3

#b1b1b2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.2:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.54:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.54:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#afafb3 · ΔE 1.7

Deuteranopia

#afafb3 · ΔE 1.7

Tritanopia

#afb2b2 · ΔE 4.8

Achromatopsia

#afafaf · ΔE 3.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #afaeb5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#afaeb5]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#afaeb5 (#afaeb5) is rgb(175, 174, 181) in RGB.

No, #afaeb5 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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