#afb7c9

Color #afb7c9

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 6.96 Nearest Tailwind class gray-400 #99a1af · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#afb7c9

RGB

rgb(175, 183, 201)

HSL

hsl(221.5, 19.4%, 73.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(221.5, 12.9%, 78.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.9%, 9%, 0%, 21.2%)

LAB

lab(74.32, 0.85, -10.03)

LCH

lch(74.32, 10.07, 274.84)

OKLCH

oklch(77.9%, 0.0271, 266.62)

HWB

hwb(221.5, 68.6%, 21.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c9c1af

Analogous

#afc4c9

#afb7c9

#b4afc9

Triadic

#afb7c9

#c9afb7

#b7c9af

Split-complementary

#afb7c9

#c9b4af

#c4c9af

Tetradic

#afb7c9

#c1afc9

#c9c1af

#b7c9af

Square

#afb7c9

#c9afc4

#c9c1af

#afc9b4

Shades

Color #afb7c9 mixed toward black.

#8a95b0

#657496

#4c5770

#323a4b

#191d25

Tints

Color #afb7c9 mixed toward white.

#bcc3d2

#cacfdb

#d7dbe4

#e4e7ed

#f2f3f6

Tones

Color #afb7c9 mixed toward gray.

#b1b8c7

#b3b9c5

#b5b9c2

#b8bac0

#babbbe

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.44:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.44:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b3b3c5 · ΔE 3.9

Deuteranopia

#b2b1c4 · ΔE 4.6

Tritanopia

#afc1c1 · ΔE 10.8

Achromatopsia

#b7b7b7 · ΔE 8.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #afb7c9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#afb7c9]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#afb7c9 (#afb7c9) is rgb(175, 183, 201) in RGB.

No, #afb7c9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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