#afb3e0

Color #afb3e0

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 12.96 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 6.8

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Conversions

HEX

#afb3e0

RGB

rgb(175, 179, 224)

HSL

hsl(235.1, 44.1%, 78.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(235.1, 21.9%, 87.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.9%, 20.1%, 0%, 12.2%)

LAB

lab(74.02, 8.07, -23.01)

LCH

lch(74.02, 24.38, 289.33)

OKLCH

oklch(77.9%, 0.0641, 280.78)

HWB

hwb(235.1, 68.6%, 12.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e0dcaf

Analogous

#afcbe0

#afb3e0

#c3afe0

Triadic

#afb3e0

#e0afb3

#b3e0af

Split-complementary

#afb3e0

#e0c3af

#cbe0af

Tetradic

#afb3e0

#dcafe0

#e0dcaf

#b3e0af

Square

#afb3e0

#e0afcb

#e0dcaf

#afe0c3

Shades

Color #afb3e0 mixed toward black.

#7f85cd

#4f58bb

#383f90

#252a60

#131530

Tints

Color #afb3e0 mixed toward white.

#bcc0e5

#caccea

#d7d9ef

#e4e6f5

#f2f2fa

Tones

Color #afb3e0 mixed toward gray.

#b3b6dc

#b7bad8

#bbbdd4

#bfc1d0

#c3c4cb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.03:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.35:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.35:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b1b1d6 · ΔE 2.7

Deuteranopia

#b1b0d4 · ΔE 3.2

Tritanopia

#afcecc · ΔE 22

Achromatopsia

#b6b6b6 · ΔE 16.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #afb3e0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#afb3e0]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#afb3e0 (#afb3e0) is rgb(175, 179, 224) in RGB.

No, #afb3e0 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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