#afafb8

Color #afafb8

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 5.49 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#afafb8

RGB

rgb(175, 175, 184)

HSL

hsl(240, 6%, 70.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 4.9%, 72.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.9%, 4.9%, 0%, 27.8%)

LAB

lab(71.71, 1.73, -4.59)

LCH

lch(71.71, 4.91, 290.65)

OKLCH

oklch(75.7%, 0.0127, 286.01)

HWB

hwb(240, 68.6%, 27.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b8b8af

Analogous

#afb4b8

#afafb8

#b4afb8

Triadic

#afafb8

#b8afaf

#afb8af

Split-complementary

#afafb8

#b8b4af

#b4b8af

Tetradic

#afafb8

#b8afb8

#b8b8af

#afb8af

Square

#afafb8

#b8afb4

#b8b8af

#afb8b4

Shades

Color #afafb8 mixed toward black.

#8f8f9c

#70707f

#54545f

#38383f

#1c1c20

Tints

Color #afafb8 mixed toward white.

#bcbcc4

#cacad0

#d7d7dc

#e4e4e7

#f2f2f3

Tones

Color #afafb8 mixed toward gray.

#b0b0b7

#b1b1b7

#b1b1b6

#b2b2b5

#b3b3b4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.18:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.65:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.65:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#afafb6 · ΔE 1

Deuteranopia

#afafb5 · ΔE 1.5

Tritanopia

#afb4b4 · ΔE 6

Achromatopsia

#b0b0b0 · ΔE 4.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #afafb8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#afafb8]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#afafb8 (#afafb8) is rgb(175, 175, 184) in RGB.

No, #afafb8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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