#afa5ec

Color #afa5ec

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 18.71 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#afa5ec

RGB

rgb(175, 165, 236)

HSL

hsl(248.5, 65.1%, 78.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(248.5, 30.1%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.8%, 30.1%, 0%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(70.93, 18.65, -34.3)

LCH

lch(70.93, 39.04, 298.53)

OKLCH

oklch(75.6%, 0.1012, 290.22)

HWB

hwb(248.5, 64.7%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e2eca5

Analogous

#a5beec

#afa5ec

#d2a5ec

Triadic

#afa5ec

#ecafa5

#a5ecaf

Split-complementary

#afa5ec

#ecd2a5

#beeca5

Tetradic

#afa5ec

#eca5e2

#e2eca5

#a5ecaf

Square

#afa5ec

#eca5be

#e2eca5

#a5ecd2

Shades

Color #afa5ec mixed toward black.

#7e6ee0

#4d37d5

#3523a5

#24176e

#120c37

Tints

Color #afa5ec mixed toward white.

#bcb4ef

#cac3f2

#d7d2f5

#e4e1f9

#f2f0fc

Tones

Color #afa5ec mixed toward gray.

#b3abe6

#b7b1e0

#bcb7da

#c0bdd4

#c4c3ce

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.42:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.42:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ababde · ΔE 4.1

Deuteranopia

#abacda · ΔE 5.2

Tritanopia

#afd1ce · ΔE 26

Achromatopsia

#aeaeae · ΔE 21.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #afa5ec;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#afa5ec]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#afa5ec (#afa5ec) is rgb(175, 165, 236) in RGB.

No, #afa5ec is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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