#afafbc

Color #afafbc

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 7.53 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#afafbc

RGB

rgb(175, 175, 188)

HSL

hsl(240, 8.8%, 71.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 6.9%, 73.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.9%, 6.9%, 0%, 26.3%)

LAB

lab(71.83, 2.52, -6.61)

LCH

lch(71.83, 7.07, 290.87)

OKLCH

oklch(75.8%, 0.0184, 286.07)

HWB

hwb(240, 68.6%, 26.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bcbcaf

Analogous

#afb6bc

#afafbc

#b6afbc

Triadic

#afafbc

#bcafaf

#afbcaf

Split-complementary

#afafbc

#bcb6af

#b6bcaf

Tetradic

#afafbc

#bcafbc

#bcbcaf

#afbcaf

Square

#afafbc

#bcafb6

#bcbcaf

#afbcb6

Shades

Color #afafbc mixed toward black.

#8e8ea0

#6e6e84

#535363

#373742

#1c1c21

Tints

Color #afafbc mixed toward white.

#bcbcc7

#cacad2

#d7d7de

#e4e4e9

#f2f2f4

Tones

Color #afafbc mixed toward gray.

#b0b0bb

#b1b1ba

#b2b2b9

#b3b3b8

#b4b4b7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.17:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.68:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.68:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#afafb9 · ΔE 1.4

Deuteranopia

#afafb8 · ΔE 1.8

Tritanopia

#afb7b6 · ΔE 9.1

Achromatopsia

#b0b0b0 · ΔE 6.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #afafbc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#afafbc]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#afafbc (#afafbc) is rgb(175, 175, 188) in RGB.

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

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