#afb9ec

Color #afb9ec

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 14.56 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#afb9ec

RGB

rgb(175, 185, 236)

HSL

hsl(230.2, 61.6%, 80.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(230.2, 25.8%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.8%, 21.6%, 0%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(75.99, 7.57, -26.51)

LCH

lch(75.99, 27.57, 285.94)

OKLCH

oklch(79.6%, 0.0733, 275.95)

HWB

hwb(230.2, 68.6%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ece2af

Analogous

#afd7ec

#afb9ec

#c4afec

Triadic

#afb9ec

#ecafb9

#b9ecaf

Split-complementary

#afb9ec

#ecc4af

#d7ecaf

Tetradic

#afb9ec

#e2afec

#ece2af

#b9ecaf

Square

#afb9ec

#ecafd7

#ece2af

#afecc4

Shades

Color #afb9ec mixed toward black.

#7889df

#4058d2

#273ca6

#1a286f

#0d1437

Tints

Color #afb9ec mixed toward white.

#bcc5ef

#cad0f2

#d7dcf6

#e4e8f9

#f2f3fc

Tones

Color #afb9ec mixed toward gray.

#b4bce7

#b9c0e2

#bec3dd

#c3c7d8

#c8cad3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.91:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.97:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.97:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b3b4e1 · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#b3b2de · ΔE 4.4

Tritanopia

#b0d8d6 · ΔE 22.8

Achromatopsia

#bbbbbb · ΔE 17.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #afb9ec;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#afb9ec]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#afb9ec (#afb9ec) is rgb(175, 185, 236) in RGB.

No, #afb9ec 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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