#afaebf

Color #afaebf

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 9.58 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#afaebf

RGB

rgb(175, 174, 191)

HSL

hsl(243.5, 11.7%, 71.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(243.5, 8.9%, 74.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.4%, 8.9%, 0%, 25.1%)

LAB

lab(71.65, 3.67, -8.52)

LCH

lch(71.65, 9.28, 293.3)

OKLCH

oklch(75.7%, 0.0242, 288.58)

HWB

hwb(243.5, 68.2%, 25.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bebfae

Analogous

#aeb6bf

#afaebf

#b8aebf

Triadic

#afaebf

#bfafae

#aebfaf

Split-complementary

#afaebf

#bfb8ae

#b6bfae

Tetradic

#afaebf

#bfaebe

#bebfae

#aebfaf

Square

#afaebf

#bfaeb6

#bebfae

#aebfb8

Shades

Color #afaebf mixed toward black.

#8e8ca4

#6d6b88

#525166

#373644

#1b1b22

Tints

Color #afaebf mixed toward white.

#bcbcca

#cac9d4

#d7d7df

#e4e4ea

#f2f2f4

Tones

Color #afaebf mixed toward gray.

#b0b0be

#b2b1bc

#b3b2bb

#b4b4b9

#b5b5b8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.18:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.63:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.63:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#afafbb · ΔE 2.3

Deuteranopia

#afafba · ΔE 2.7

Tritanopia

#afb8b7 · ΔE 11.2

Achromatopsia

#b0b0b0 · ΔE 8.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #afaebf;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#afaebf]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#afaebf (#afaebf) is rgb(175, 174, 191) in RGB.

No, #afaebf 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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