#afb3dd

Color #afb3dd

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 11.65 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 7.3

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Conversions

HEX

#afb3dd

RGB

rgb(175, 179, 221)

HSL

hsl(234.8, 40.4%, 77.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(234.8, 20.8%, 86.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.8%, 19%, 0%, 13.3%)

LAB

lab(73.92, 7.39, -21.53)

LCH

lch(73.92, 22.76, 288.94)

OKLCH

oklch(77.8%, 0.0599, 280.67)

HWB

hwb(234.8, 68.6%, 13.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ddd9af

Analogous

#afcadd

#afb3dd

#c2afdd

Triadic

#afb3dd

#ddafb3

#b3ddaf

Split-complementary

#afb3dd

#ddc2af

#caddaf

Tetradic

#afb3dd

#d9afdd

#ddd9af

#b3ddaf

Square

#afb3dd

#ddafca

#ddd9af

#afddc2

Shades

Color #afb3dd mixed toward black.

#8087c9

#525bb6

#3b428b

#272c5d

#14162e

Tints

Color #afb3dd mixed toward white.

#bcc0e3

#cacce8

#d7d9ee

#e4e6f4

#f2f2f9

Tones

Color #afb3dd mixed toward gray.

#b3b6d9

#b6b9d5

#babcd1

#bec0ce

#c2c3ca

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.04:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.31:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.31:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b1b1d4 · ΔE 2.5

Deuteranopia

#b1b0d2 · ΔE 3

Tritanopia

#afccca · ΔE 21.2

Achromatopsia

#b6b6b6 · ΔE 15.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #afb3dd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#afb3dd]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#afb3dd (#afb3dd) is rgb(175, 179, 221) in RGB.

No, #afb3dd is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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