#afb4c5

Color #afb4c5

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 8.37 Nearest Tailwind class gray-400 #99a1af · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#afb4c5

RGB

rgb(175, 180, 197)

HSL

hsl(226.4, 15.9%, 72.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(226.4, 11.2%, 77.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.2%, 8.6%, 0%, 22.7%)

LAB

lab(73.41, 1.64, -9.2)

LCH

lch(73.41, 9.35, 280.11)

OKLCH

oklch(77.1%, 0.0248, 272.77)

HWB

hwb(226.4, 68.6%, 22.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c5c0af

Analogous

#afbfc5

#afb4c5

#b5afc5

Triadic

#afb4c5

#c5afb4

#b4c5af

Split-complementary

#afb4c5

#c5b5af

#bfc5af

Tetradic

#afb4c5

#c0afc5

#c5c0af

#b4c5af

Square

#afb4c5

#c5afbf

#c5c0af

#afc5b5

Shades

Color #afb4c5 mixed toward black.

#8b92ab

#687190

#4e556c

#343948

#1a1c24

Tints

Color #afb4c5 mixed toward white.

#bcc0cf

#cacdd8

#d7d9e2

#e4e6ec

#f2f2f5

Tones

Color #afb4c5 mixed toward gray.

#b1b5c3

#b3b6c1

#b4b7bf

#b6b8be

#b8b9bc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.07:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.16:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.16:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b1b1c1 · ΔE 2.4

Deuteranopia

#b1b1c0 · ΔE 2.4

Tritanopia

#afbebd · ΔE 11

Achromatopsia

#b4b4b4 · ΔE 7.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #afb4c5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#afb4c5]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#afb4c5 (#afb4c5) is rgb(175, 180, 197) in RGB.

No, #afb4c5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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