#afaecd

Color #afaecd

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 10.13 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 9.2

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Conversions

HEX

#afaecd

RGB

rgb(175, 174, 205)

HSL

hsl(241.9, 23.7%, 74.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(241.9, 15.1%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.6%, 15.1%, 0%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(72.09, 6.6, -15.56)

LCH

lch(72.09, 16.9, 292.98)

OKLCH

oklch(76.2%, 0.0441, 286.75)

HWB

hwb(241.9, 68.2%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cccdae

Analogous

#aebccd

#afaecd

#beaecd

Triadic

#afaecd

#cdafae

#aecdaf

Split-complementary

#afaecd

#cdbeae

#bccdae

Tetradic

#afaecd

#cdaecc

#cccdae

#aecdaf

Square

#afaecd

#cdaebc

#cccdae

#aecdbe

Shades

Color #afaecd mixed toward black.

#8887b5

#62609c

#4a4875

#31304e

#191827

Tints

Color #afaecd mixed toward white.

#bcbbd5

#cac9de

#d7d6e6

#e4e4ee

#f2f1f7

Tones

Color #afaecd mixed toward gray.

#b1b1ca

#b4b3c8

#b6b6c5

#b9b8c3

#bbbbc0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.15:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.76:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.76:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#afafc6 · ΔE 2.8

Deuteranopia

#afafc4 · ΔE 3.6

Tritanopia

#afc0bf · ΔE 17.5

Achromatopsia

#b1b1b1 · ΔE 13

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #afaecd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#afaecd]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#afaecd (#afaecd) is rgb(175, 174, 205) in RGB.

No, #afaecd 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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