#afa5b5

Color #afa5b5

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 9.58 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 3

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Conversions

HEX

#afa5b5

RGB

rgb(175, 165, 181)

HSL

hsl(277.5, 9.8%, 67.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.5, 8.8%, 71%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.3%, 8.8%, 0%, 29%)

LAB

lab(69.01, 6.61, -6.93)

LCH

lch(69.01, 9.58, 313.65)

OKLCH

oklch(73.5%, 0.0253, 313.08)

HWB

hwb(277.5, 64.7%, 29%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#abb5a5

Analogous

#a7a5b5

#afa5b5

#b5a5b3

Triadic

#afa5b5

#b5afa5

#a5b5af

Split-complementary

#afa5b5

#b3b5a5

#a5b5a7

Tetradic

#afa5b5

#b5a5ab

#abb5a5

#a5b5af

Square

#afa5b5

#b5a7a5

#abb5a5

#a5b3b5

Shades

Color #afa5b5 mixed toward black.

#93859b

#76687f

#594e5f

#3b343f

#1e1a20

Tints

Color #afa5b5 mixed toward white.

#bcb4c1

#cac3ce

#d7d2da

#e4e1e6

#f2f0f3

Tones

Color #afa5b5 mixed toward gray.

#afa6b4

#aea8b2

#aea9b1

#aeaab0

#adacae

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.87:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.87:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ababb1 · ΔE 6.9

Deuteranopia

#abacb0 · ΔE 8.2

Tritanopia

#afaeae · ΔE 9.3

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 9.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #afa5b5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#afa5b5]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#afa5b5 (#afa5b5) is rgb(175, 165, 181) in RGB.

No, #afa5b5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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