#afbac8

Color #afbac8

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 7.64 Nearest Tailwind class slate-300 #cad5e2 · ΔE 6.8

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Conversions

HEX

#afbac8

RGB

rgb(175, 186, 200)

HSL

hsl(213.6, 18.5%, 73.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(213.6, 12.5%, 78.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.5%, 7%, 0%, 21.6%)

LAB

lab(75.08, -0.98, -8.36)

LCH

lch(75.08, 8.42, 263.31)

OKLCH

oklch(78.5%, 0.0234, 254.36)

HWB

hwb(213.6, 68.6%, 21.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c8bdaf

Analogous

#afc6c8

#afbac8

#b0afc8

Triadic

#afbac8

#c8afba

#bac8af

Split-complementary

#afbac8

#c8b0af

#c6c8af

Tetradic

#afbac8

#bdafc8

#c8bdaf

#bac8af

Square

#afbac8

#c8afc6

#c8bdaf

#afc8b0

Shades

Color #afbac8 mixed toward black.

#8a9aae

#667a94

#4c5c6f

#333d4a

#191f25

Tints

Color #afbac8 mixed toward white.

#bcc5d1

#cad1da

#d7dce3

#e4e8ed

#f2f3f6

Tones

Color #afbac8 mixed toward gray.

#b1bac6

#b3bac4

#b5bbc2

#b7bbc0

#b9bbbe

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.68:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.68:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b4b4c5 · ΔE 6

Deuteranopia

#b3b2c4 · ΔE 6.8

Tritanopia

#b0c2c2 · ΔE 8.3

Achromatopsia

#b9b9b9 · ΔE 7.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #afbac8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#afbac8]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#afbac8 (#afbac8) is rgb(175, 186, 200) in RGB.

No, #afbac8 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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