#af9cb3

Color #af9cb3

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 13.6 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#af9cb3

RGB

rgb(175, 156, 179)

HSL

hsl(289.6, 13.1%, 65.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(289.6, 12.8%, 70.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.2%, 12.8%, 0%, 29.8%)

LAB

lab(66.63, 11.21, -9.35)

LCH

lch(66.63, 14.6, 320.17)

OKLCH

oklch(71.7%, 0.0392, 320.38)

HWB

hwb(289.6, 61.2%, 29.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a0b39c

Analogous

#a49cb3

#af9cb3

#b39cac

Triadic

#af9cb3

#b3af9c

#9cb3af

Split-complementary

#af9cb3

#acb39c

#9cb3a4

Tetradic

#af9cb3

#b39ca0

#a0b39c

#9cb3af

Square

#af9cb3

#b3a49c

#a0b39c

#9cacb3

Shades

Color #af9cb3 mixed toward black.

#957c9b

#79617e

#5b495f

#3d313f

#1e1820

Tints

Color #af9cb3 mixed toward white.

#bcadc0

#cabdcc

#d7ced9

#e4dee6

#f2eff2

Tones

Color #af9cb3 mixed toward gray.

#ae9eb1

#ada0af

#aba2ad

#aaa4ab

#a9a6a9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.55:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.23:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.23:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a7a7ae · ΔE 10.8

Deuteranopia

#a8aaad · ΔE 13.3

Tritanopia

#aeaaa9 · ΔE 12.9

Achromatopsia

#a2a2a2 · ΔE 13.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #af9cb3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#af9cb3]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Frequently asked questions

#af9cb3 (#af9cb3) is rgb(175, 156, 179) in RGB.

No, #af9cb3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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