#afb9d3

Color #afb9d3

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 4.69 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 8

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Conversions

HEX

#afb9d3

RGB

rgb(175, 185, 211)

HSL

hsl(223.3, 29%, 75.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(223.3, 17.1%, 82.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.1%, 12.3%, 0%, 17.3%)

LAB

lab(75.15, 1.9, -14.23)

LCH

lch(75.15, 14.36, 277.61)

OKLCH

oklch(78.6%, 0.0386, 268.81)

HWB

hwb(223.3, 68.6%, 17.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d3c9af

Analogous

#afcbd3

#afb9d3

#b7afd3

Triadic

#afb9d3

#d3afb9

#b9d3af

Split-complementary

#afb9d3

#d3b7af

#cbd3af

Tetradic

#afb9d3

#c9afd3

#d3c9af

#b9d3af

Square

#afb9d3

#d3afcb

#d3c9af

#afd3b7

Shades

Color #afb9d3 mixed toward black.

#8695bc

#5c70a5

#45547d

#2e3853

#171c2a

Tints

Color #afb9d3 mixed toward white.

#bcc5da

#cad0e2

#d7dce9

#e4e8f0

#f2f3f8

Tones

Color #afb9d3 mixed toward gray.

#b2bad0

#b5bccd

#b8bdca

#bbbec7

#bec0c4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.96:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.7:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.7:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b3b4cd · ΔE 4

Deuteranopia

#b3b2cc · ΔE 5

Tritanopia

#b0c8c7 · ΔE 14.7

Achromatopsia

#b9b9b9 · ΔE 10.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #afb9d3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#afb9d3]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#afb9d3 (#afb9d3) is rgb(175, 185, 211) in RGB.

No, #afb9d3 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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