#afaeb6

Color #afaeb6

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 4.88 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#afaeb6

RGB

rgb(175, 174, 182)

HSL

hsl(247.5, 5.2%, 69.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.5, 4.4%, 71.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.8%, 4.4%, 0%, 28.6%)

LAB

lab(71.39, 1.88, -3.96)

LCH

lch(71.39, 4.38, 295.4)

OKLCH

oklch(75.4%, 0.0113, 291.8)

HWB

hwb(247.5, 68.2%, 28.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b5b6ae

Analogous

#aeb1b6

#afaeb6

#b3aeb6

Triadic

#afaeb6

#b6afae

#aeb6af

Split-complementary

#afaeb6

#b6b3ae

#b1b6ae

Tetradic

#afaeb6

#b6aeb5

#b5b6ae

#aeb6af

Square

#afaeb6

#b6aeb1

#b5b6ae

#aeb6b3

Shades

Color #afaeb6 mixed toward black.

#908f9a

#72707d

#56545e

#39383e

#1d1c1f

Tints

Color #afaeb6 mixed toward white.

#bcbbc2

#cac9ce

#d7d6da

#e4e4e7

#f2f1f3

Tones

Color #afaeb6 mixed toward gray.

#afafb5

#b0afb5

#b0b0b4

#b1b1b3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.2:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.55:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.55:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#afafb4 · ΔE 1.7

Deuteranopia

#afafb4 · ΔE 1.7

Tritanopia

#afb3b2 · ΔE 6.1

Achromatopsia

#afafaf · ΔE 4.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #afaeb6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#afaeb6]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#afaeb6 (#afaeb6) is rgb(175, 174, 182) in RGB.

No, #afaeb6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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