#afafb4

Color #afafb4

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 3.6 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-400 #a1a1a1 · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#afafb4

RGB

rgb(175, 175, 180)

HSL

hsl(240, 3.2%, 69.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 2.8%, 70.6%)

CMYK

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

LAB

lab(71.6, 0.95, -2.55)

LCH

lch(71.6, 2.72, 290.43)

OKLCH

oklch(75.6%, 0.0071, 286.39)

HWB

hwb(240, 68.6%, 29.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b4b4af

Analogous

#afb1b4

#afafb4

#b1afb4

Triadic

#afafb4

#b4afaf

#afb4af

Split-complementary

#afafb4

#b4b1af

#b1b4af

Tetradic

#afafb4

#b4afb4

#b4b4af

#afb4af

Square

#afafb4

#b4afb1

#b4b4af

#afb4b1

Shades

Color #afafb4 mixed toward black.

#909097

#73737a

#56565c

#39393d

#1d1d1f

Tints

Color #afafb4 mixed toward white.

#bcbcc0

#cacacd

#d7d7d9

#e4e4e6

#f2f2f2

Tones

Color #afafb4 mixed toward gray.

#afafb4

#b0b0b3

#b1b1b2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.18:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.61:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.61:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#afafb3 · ΔE 0.5

Deuteranopia

#afafb3 · ΔE 0.5

Tritanopia

#afb2b2 · ΔE 3.6

Achromatopsia

#afafaf · ΔE 2.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #afafb4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#afafb4]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#afafb4 (#afafb4) is rgb(175, 175, 180) in RGB.

No, #afafb4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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