#afb3c6

Color #afb3c6

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 8.21 Nearest Tailwind class gray-400 #99a1af · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#afb3c6

RGB

rgb(175, 179, 198)

HSL

hsl(229.6, 16.8%, 73.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(229.6, 11.6%, 77.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.6%, 9.6%, 0%, 22.4%)

LAB

lab(73.17, 2.39, -10.1)

LCH

lch(73.17, 10.38, 283.31)

OKLCH

oklch(77%, 0.0274, 276.29)

HWB

hwb(229.6, 68.6%, 22.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c6c2af

Analogous

#afbec6

#afb3c6

#b6afc6

Triadic

#afb3c6

#c6afb3

#b3c6af

Split-complementary

#afb3c6

#c6b6af

#bec6af

Tetradic

#afb3c6

#c2afc6

#c6c2af

#b3c6af

Square

#afb3c6

#c6afbe

#c6c2af

#afc6b6

Shades

Color #afb3c6 mixed toward black.

#8b90ac

#676f91

#4e536d

#343749

#1a1c24

Tints

Color #afb3c6 mixed toward white.

#bcc0cf

#caccd9

#d7d9e2

#e4e6ec

#f2f2f5

Tones

Color #afb3c6 mixed toward gray.

#b1b4c4

#b3b5c2

#b5b7c0

#b7b8be

#b8b9bc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.08:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.09:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.09:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b1b1c2 · ΔE 1.9

Deuteranopia

#b1b0c1 · ΔE 2.4

Tritanopia

#afbebd · ΔE 12

Achromatopsia

#b4b4b4 · ΔE 8.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #afb3c6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#afb3c6]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#afb3c6 (#afb3c6) is rgb(175, 179, 198) in RGB.

No, #afb3c6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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