#afb6b5

Color #afb6b5

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 4.98 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#afb6b5

RGB

rgb(175, 182, 181)

HSL

hsl(171.4, 4.6%, 70%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(171.4, 3.8%, 71.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 0.5%, 28.6%)

LAB

lab(73.48, -2.63, -0.34)

LCH

lch(73.48, 2.65, 187.37)

OKLCH

oklch(77%, 0.008, 186.5)

HWB

hwb(171.4, 68.6%, 28.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b6afb0

Analogous

#afb6b1

#afb6b5

#afb4b6

Triadic

#afb6b5

#b5afb6

#b6b5af

Split-complementary

#afb6b5

#b6afb4

#b6b1af

Tetradic

#afb6b5

#afb0b6

#b6afb0

#b6b5af

Square

#afb6b5

#b1afb6

#b6afb0

#b4b6af

Shades

Color #afb6b5 mixed toward black.

#909a98

#727c7b

#555d5c

#393e3d

#1c1f1f

Tints

Color #afb6b5 mixed toward white.

#bcc2c1

#cacece

#d7dbda

#e4e7e6

#f2f3f3

Tones

Color #afb6b5 mixed toward gray.

#b0b5b5

#b0b5b4

#b1b4b4

#b1b4b3

#b2b3b3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.06:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.18:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.18:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b2b2b5 · ΔE 4.6

Deuteranopia

#b2b1b5 · ΔE 5.5

Tritanopia

#afb5b5 · ΔE 0.8

Achromatopsia

#b4b4b4 · ΔE 3.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #afb6b5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#afb6b5]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#afb6b5 (#afb6b5) is rgb(175, 182, 181) in RGB.

No, #afb6b5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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