#afbbbb

Color #afbbbb

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 5.16 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#afbbbb

RGB

rgb(175, 187, 187)

HSL

hsl(180, 8.1%, 71%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 6.4%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 0%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(74.98, -4.14, -1.43)

LCH

lch(74.98, 4.38, 199.06)

OKLCH

oklch(78.3%, 0.0133, 197.07)

HWB

hwb(180, 68.6%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bbafaf

Analogous

#afbbb5

#afbbbb

#afb5bb

Triadic

#afbbbb

#bbafbb

#bbbbaf

Split-complementary

#afbbbb

#bbafb5

#bbb5af

Tetradic

#afbbbb

#afafbb

#bbafaf

#bbbbaf

Square

#afbbbb

#b5afbb

#bbafaf

#b5bbaf

Shades

Color #afbbbb mixed toward black.

#8e9f9f

#6f8282

#536262

#374141

#1c2121

Tints

Color #afbbbb mixed toward white.

#bcc6c6

#cad2d2

#d7dddd

#e4e8e8

#f2f4f4

Tones

Color #afbbbb mixed toward gray.

#b0baba

#b1b9b9

#b2b8b8

#b3b7b7

#b4b6b6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.65:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.65:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b4b4bb · ΔE 7.6

Deuteranopia

#b4b3bb · ΔE 8.5

Tritanopia

#b0bbbb · ΔE 0.4

Achromatopsia

#b9b9b9 · ΔE 5.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #afbbbb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#afbbbb]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#afbbbb (#afbbbb) is rgb(175, 187, 187) in RGB.

No, #afbbbb 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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