#afa4ba

Color #afa4ba

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 12.29 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#afa4ba

RGB

rgb(175, 164, 186)

HSL

hsl(270, 13.7%, 68.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(270, 11.8%, 72.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.9%, 11.8%, 0%, 27.1%)

LAB

lab(68.9, 8.16, -9.86)

LCH

lch(68.9, 12.8, 309.61)

OKLCH

oklch(73.5%, 0.0335, 307.97)

HWB

hwb(270, 64.3%, 27.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#afbaa4

Analogous

#a4a4ba

#afa4ba

#baa4ba

Triadic

#afa4ba

#baafa4

#a4baaf

Split-complementary

#afa4ba

#babaa4

#a4baa4

Tetradic

#afa4ba

#baa4af

#afbaa4

#a4baaf

Square

#afa4ba

#baa4a4

#afbaa4

#a4baba

Shades

Color #afa4ba mixed toward black.

#9283a1

#756585

#574b63

#3a3242

#1d1921

Tints

Color #afa4ba mixed toward white.

#bcb3c5

#cac2d1

#d7d1dc

#e4e1e8

#f2f0f3

Tones

Color #afa4ba mixed toward gray.

#afa6b8

#afa8b6

#afa9b4

#afabb3

#afadb1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.84:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.84:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aaaab5 · ΔE 7

Deuteranopia

#abacb4 · ΔE 8.6

Tritanopia

#aeb1b0 · ΔE 13.3

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 11.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #afa4ba;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#afa4ba]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#afa4ba (#afa4ba) is rgb(175, 164, 186) in RGB.

No, #afa4ba is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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