#afaeb4

Color #afaeb4

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 3.91 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#afaeb4

RGB

rgb(175, 174, 180)

HSL

hsl(250, 3.8%, 69.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(250, 3.3%, 70.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.8%, 3.3%, 0%, 29.4%)

LAB

lab(71.34, 1.49, -2.94)

LCH

lch(71.34, 3.3, 296.88)

OKLCH

oklch(75.4%, 0.0085, 294.17)

HWB

hwb(250, 68.2%, 29.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b3b4ae

Analogous

#aeb0b4

#afaeb4

#b2aeb4

Triadic

#afaeb4

#b4afae

#aeb4af

Split-complementary

#afaeb4

#b4b2ae

#b0b4ae

Tetradic

#afaeb4

#b4aeb3

#b3b4ae

#aeb4af

Square

#afaeb4

#b4aeb0

#b3b4ae

#aeb4b2

Shades

Color #afaeb4 mixed toward black.

#918f98

#73717a

#56555c

#39393d

#1d1c1f

Tints

Color #afaeb4 mixed toward white.

#bcbcc0

#cac9cd

#d7d7d9

#e4e4e6

#f2f2f2

Tones

Color #afaeb4 mixed toward gray.

#afaeb3

#b0afb3

#b0afb2

#b0b0b2

#b1b0b1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.2:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.54:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.54:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#afafb3 · ΔE 1.3

Deuteranopia

#afafb2 · ΔE 1.8

Tritanopia

#afb1b1 · ΔE 4

Achromatopsia

#afafaf · ΔE 3.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #afaeb4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#afaeb4]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#afaeb4 (#afaeb4) is rgb(175, 174, 180) in RGB.

No, #afaeb4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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