#afa8be

Color #afa8be

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 11.97 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#afa8be

RGB

rgb(175, 168, 190)

HSL

hsl(259.1, 14.5%, 70.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(259.1, 11.6%, 74.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.9%, 11.6%, 0%, 25.5%)

LAB

lab(70.06, 6.76, -10.35)

LCH

lch(70.06, 12.36, 303.15)

OKLCH

oklch(74.4%, 0.0321, 300.08)

HWB

hwb(259.1, 65.9%, 25.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b7bea8

Analogous

#a8acbe

#afa8be

#baa8be

Triadic

#afa8be

#beafa8

#a8beaf

Split-complementary

#afa8be

#bebaa8

#acbea8

Tetradic

#afa8be

#bea8b7

#b7bea8

#a8beaf

Square

#afa8be

#bea8ac

#b7bea8

#a8beba

Shades

Color #afa8be mixed toward black.

#9086a5

#716689

#554d66

#393344

#1c1a22

Tints

Color #afa8be mixed toward white.

#bcb6c9

#cac5d4

#d7d3df

#e4e2e9

#f2f0f4

Tones

Color #afa8be mixed toward gray.

#b0aabc

#b0acba

#b1aeb9

#b2afb7

#b2b1b5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.17:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.17:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#acacb9 · ΔE 5.1

Deuteranopia

#acadb8 · ΔE 6.3

Tritanopia

#afb5b4 · ΔE 13.5

Achromatopsia

#ababab · ΔE 10.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #afa8be;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#afa8be]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#afa8be (#afa8be) is rgb(175, 168, 190) in RGB.

No, #afa8be is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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