#afb3eb

Color #afb3eb

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 18.21 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#afb3eb

RGB

rgb(175, 179, 235)

HSL

hsl(236, 60%, 80.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(236, 25.5%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.5%, 23.8%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(74.41, 10.63, -28.38)

LCH

lch(74.41, 30.31, 290.53)

OKLCH

oklch(78.3%, 0.0796, 281.23)

HWB

hwb(236, 68.6%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ebe7af

Analogous

#afd1eb

#afb3eb

#c9afeb

Triadic

#afb3eb

#ebafb3

#b3ebaf

Split-complementary

#afb3eb

#ebc9af

#d1ebaf

Tetradic

#afb3eb

#e7afeb

#ebe7af

#b3ebaf

Square

#afb3eb

#ebafd1

#ebe7af

#afebc9

Shades

Color #afb3eb mixed toward black.

#787fdd

#424bd0

#2931a4

#1b216d

#0e1037

Tints

Color #afb3eb mixed toward white.

#bcc0ee

#caccf2

#d7d9f5

#e4e6f8

#f2f2fc

Tones

Color #afb3eb mixed toward gray.

#b4b7e6

#b9bce1

#bec0dc

#c3c4d7

#c8c9d2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.47:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.47:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b1b1df · ΔE 3

Deuteranopia

#b1b0dc · ΔE 3.7

Tritanopia

#afd5d3 · ΔE 23.9

Achromatopsia

#b7b7b7 · ΔE 18.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #afb3eb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#afb3eb]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#afb3eb (#afb3eb) is rgb(175, 179, 235) in RGB.

No, #afb3eb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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