#afaaba

Color #afaaba

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 9.05 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#afaaba

RGB

rgb(175, 170, 186)

HSL

hsl(258.8, 10.4%, 69.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(258.8, 8.6%, 72.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.9%, 8.6%, 0%, 27.1%)

LAB

lab(70.46, 4.85, -7.54)

LCH

lch(70.46, 8.97, 302.75)

OKLCH

oklch(74.7%, 0.0233, 300.08)

HWB

hwb(258.8, 66.7%, 27.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b5baaa

Analogous

#aaadba

#afaaba

#b7aaba

Triadic

#afaaba

#baafaa

#aabaaf

Split-complementary

#afaaba

#bab7aa

#adbaaa

Tetradic

#afaaba

#baaab5

#b5baaa

#aabaaf

Square

#afaaba

#baaaad

#b5baaa

#aabab7

Shades

Color #afaaba mixed toward black.

#90899f

#726a83

#565062

#393542

#1d1b21

Tints

Color #afaaba mixed toward white.

#bcb8c5

#cac6d1

#d7d4dc

#e4e3e8

#f2f1f3

Tones

Color #afaaba mixed toward gray.

#afabb9

#b0adb7

#b0aeb6

#b1afb5

#b1b1b3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.28:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.28:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#adadb6 · ΔE 4.2

Deuteranopia

#adaeb5 · ΔE 5.4

Tritanopia

#afb3b3 · ΔE 9.9

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 8.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #afaaba;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#afaaba]

Related colors

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Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#afaaba (#afaaba) is rgb(175, 170, 186) in RGB.

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

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