#afa6a8

Color #afa6a8

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light red.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 3.62 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#afa6a8

RGB

rgb(175, 166, 168)

HSL

hsl(346.7, 5.3%, 66.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(346.7, 5.1%, 68.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 4%, 31.4%)

LAB

lab(68.91, 3.6, 0.13)

LCH

lch(68.91, 3.6, 2.07)

OKLCH

oklch(73.3%, 0.0107, 2.14)

HWB

hwb(346.7, 65.1%, 31.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a6afad

Analogous

#afa6ad

#afa6a8

#afa9a6

Triadic

#afa6a8

#a8afa6

#a6a8af

Split-complementary

#afa6a8

#a6afa9

#a6adaf

Tetradic

#afa6a8

#afada6

#a6afad

#a6a8af

Square

#afa6a8

#adafa6

#a6afad

#a9a6af

Shades

Color #afa6a8 mixed toward black.

#94888b

#786c6e

#5a5153

#3c3637

#1e1b1c

Tints

Color #afa6a8 mixed toward white.

#bcb5b7

#cac4c5

#d7d3d4

#e4e1e2

#f2f0f1

Tones

Color #afa6a8 mixed toward gray.

#aea7a9

#aea8a9

#ada8a9

#aca9aa

#abaaaa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.37:1

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

#ababa8 · ΔE 6

Deuteranopia

#acaca7 · ΔE 6.9

Tritanopia

#afa7a7 · ΔE 1.3

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 4.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #afa6a8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#afa6a8]

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Hot Pink #ff69b4

Frequently asked questions

#afa6a8 (#afa6a8) is rgb(175, 166, 168) in RGB.

No, #afa6a8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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