#afa6dd

Color #afa6dd

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 18.74 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#afa6dd

RGB

rgb(175, 166, 221)

HSL

hsl(249.8, 44.7%, 75.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(249.8, 24.9%, 86.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.8%, 24.9%, 0%, 13.3%)

LAB

lab(70.6, 14.58, -26.6)

LCH

lch(70.6, 30.33, 298.73)

OKLCH

oklch(75.2%, 0.0788, 291.91)

HWB

hwb(249.8, 65.1%, 13.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d4dda6

Analogous

#a6b9dd

#afa6dd

#cba6dd

Triadic

#afa6dd

#ddafa6

#a6ddaf

Split-complementary

#afa6dd

#ddcba6

#b9dda6

Tetradic

#afa6dd

#dda6d4

#d4dda6

#a6ddaf

Square

#afa6dd

#dda6b9

#d4dda6

#a6ddcb

Shades

Color #afa6dd mixed toward black.

#8577cb

#5b49b9

#44368c

#2d245d

#17122f

Tints

Color #afa6dd mixed toward white.

#bcb5e3

#cac4e8

#d7d3ee

#e4e1f4

#f2f0f9

Tones

Color #afa6dd mixed toward gray.

#b2abd8

#b5afd4

#b8b4cf

#bbb8cb

#bebdc6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.32:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.32:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ababd1 · ΔE 4.6

Deuteranopia

#acacce · ΔE 5.7

Tritanopia

#afc8c5 · ΔE 24.3

Achromatopsia

#adadad · ΔE 19.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #afa6dd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#afa6dd]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#afa6dd (#afa6dd) is rgb(175, 166, 221) in RGB.

No, #afa6dd is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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