#afafb6

Color #afafb6

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 4.52 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#afafb6

RGB

rgb(175, 175, 182)

HSL

hsl(240, 4.6%, 70%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 3.8%, 71.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.8%, 3.8%, 0%, 28.6%)

LAB

lab(71.66, 1.34, -3.57)

LCH

lch(71.66, 3.81, 290.57)

OKLCH

oklch(75.6%, 0.0099, 286.42)

HWB

hwb(240, 68.6%, 28.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b6b6af

Analogous

#afb3b6

#afafb6

#b3afb6

Triadic

#afafb6

#b6afaf

#afb6af

Split-complementary

#afafb6

#b6b3af

#b3b6af

Tetradic

#afafb6

#b6afb6

#b6b6af

#afb6af

Square

#afafb6

#b6afb3

#b6b6af

#afb6b3

Shades

Color #afafb6 mixed toward black.

#90909a

#72727c

#55555d

#39393e

#1c1c1f

Tints

Color #afafb6 mixed toward white.

#bcbcc2

#cacace

#d7d7db

#e4e4e7

#f2f2f3

Tones

Color #afafb6 mixed toward gray.

#b0b0b5

#b1b1b4

#b2b2b3

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

#afafb4 · ΔE 1

Deuteranopia

#afafb4 · ΔE 1

Tritanopia

#afb3b3 · ΔE 4.8

Achromatopsia

#b0b0b0 · ΔE 3.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #afafb6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#afafb6]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#afafb6 (#afafb6) is rgb(175, 175, 182) in RGB.

No, #afafb6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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