#afb8b8

Color #afb8b8

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 4.88 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#afb8b8

RGB

rgb(175, 184, 184)

HSL

hsl(180, 6%, 70.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 4.9%, 72.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 0%, 27.8%)

LAB

lab(74.1, -3.12, -1.08)

LCH

lch(74.1, 3.3, 199.09)

OKLCH

oklch(77.6%, 0.01, 196.81)

HWB

hwb(180, 68.6%, 27.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b8afaf

Analogous

#afb8b4

#afb8b8

#afb4b8

Triadic

#afb8b8

#b8afb8

#b8b8af

Split-complementary

#afb8b8

#b8afb4

#b8b4af

Tetradic

#afb8b8

#afafb8

#b8afaf

#b8b8af

Square

#afb8b8

#b4afb8

#b8afaf

#b4b8af

Shades

Color #afb8b8 mixed toward black.

#8f9c9c

#707f7f

#545f5f

#383f3f

#1c2020

Tints

Color #afb8b8 mixed toward white.

#bcc4c4

#cad0d0

#d7dcdc

#e4e7e7

#f2f3f3

Tones

Color #afb8b8 mixed toward gray.

#b0b7b7

#b1b7b7

#b1b6b6

#b2b5b5

#b3b4b4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.02:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.37:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.37:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b3b3b8 · ΔE 5.8

Deuteranopia

#b2b2b8 · ΔE 6.2

Tritanopia

#afb8b8 · ΔE 0

Achromatopsia

#b6b6b6 · ΔE 4.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #afb8b8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#afb8b8]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#afb8b8 (#afb8b8) is rgb(175, 184, 184) in RGB.

No, #afb8b8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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