#afb2c6

Color #afb2c6

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 8.41 Nearest Tailwind class gray-400 #99a1af · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#afb2c6

RGB

rgb(175, 178, 198)

HSL

hsl(232.2, 16.8%, 73.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(232.2, 11.6%, 77.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.6%, 10.1%, 0%, 22.4%)

LAB

lab(72.91, 2.93, -10.49)

LCH

lch(72.91, 10.89, 285.61)

OKLCH

oklch(76.8%, 0.0286, 278.84)

HWB

hwb(232.2, 68.6%, 22.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c6c3af

Analogous

#afbdc6

#afb2c6

#b7afc6

Triadic

#afb2c6

#c6afb2

#b2c6af

Split-complementary

#afb2c6

#c6b7af

#bdc6af

Tetradic

#afb2c6

#c3afc6

#c6c3af

#b2c6af

Square

#afb2c6

#c6afbd

#c6c3af

#afc6b7

Shades

Color #afb2c6 mixed toward black.

#8b8fac

#676d91

#4e526d

#343649

#1a1b24

Tints

Color #afb2c6 mixed toward white.

#bcbfcf

#caccd9

#d7d8e2

#e4e5ec

#f2f2f5

Tones

Color #afb2c6 mixed toward gray.

#b1b3c4

#b3b5c2

#b5b6c0

#b7b8be

#b8b9bc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.1:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.01:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.01:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b0b0c1 · ΔE 1.7

Deuteranopia

#b0b0c0 · ΔE 1.9

Tritanopia

#afbebd · ΔE 12.7

Achromatopsia

#b3b3b3 · ΔE 9.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #afb2c6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#afb2c6]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#afb2c6 (#afb2c6) is rgb(175, 178, 198) in RGB.

No, #afb2c6 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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