#afbec6

Color #afbec6

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 6.96 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#afbec6

RGB

rgb(175, 190, 198)

HSL

hsl(200.9, 16.8%, 73.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(200.9, 11.6%, 77.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.6%, 4%, 0%, 22.4%)

LAB

lab(76.08, -3.53, -5.78)

LCH

lch(76.08, 6.77, 238.59)

OKLCH

oklch(79.2%, 0.0201, 230.85)

HWB

hwb(200.9, 68.6%, 22.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c6b7af

Analogous

#afc6c2

#afbec6

#afb2c6

Triadic

#afbec6

#c6afbe

#bec6af

Split-complementary

#afbec6

#c6afb2

#c6c2af

Tetradic

#afbec6

#b7afc6

#c6b7af

#bec6af

Square

#afbec6

#c2afc6

#c6b7af

#b2c6af

Shades

Color #afbec6 mixed toward black.

#8ba0ac

#678391

#4e626d

#344149

#1a2124

Tints

Color #afbec6 mixed toward white.

#bcc9cf

#cad4d9

#d7dee2

#e4e9ec

#f2f4f5

Tones

Color #afbec6 mixed toward gray.

#b1bdc4

#b3bdc2

#b5bcc0

#b7bcbe

#b8bbbc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.91:1

Aa Black text on this color

11:1

Black text reads better on this background (11:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b6b6c4 · ΔE 8.5

Deuteranopia

#b5b4c4 · ΔE 9.6

Tritanopia

#b0c3c2 · ΔE 5.3

Achromatopsia

#bcbcbc · ΔE 6.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #afbec6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#afbec6]

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Frequently asked questions

#afbec6 (#afbec6) is rgb(175, 190, 198) in RGB.

No, #afbec6 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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