#afb8b9

Color #afb8b9

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 4.89 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#afb8b9

RGB

rgb(175, 184, 185)

HSL

hsl(186, 6.7%, 70.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186, 5.4%, 72.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.4%, 0.5%, 0%, 27.5%)

LAB

lab(74.12, -2.93, -1.59)

LCH

lch(74.12, 3.33, 208.49)

OKLCH

oklch(77.6%, 0.0102, 205.05)

HWB

hwb(186, 68.6%, 27.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b9b0af

Analogous

#afb9b5

#afb8b9

#afb3b9

Triadic

#afb8b9

#b9afb8

#b8b9af

Split-complementary

#afb8b9

#b9afb3

#b9b5af

Tetradic

#afb8b9

#b0afb9

#b9b0af

#b8b9af

Square

#afb8b9

#b5afb9

#b9b0af

#b3b9af

Shades

Color #afb8b9 mixed toward black.

#8f9c9d

#707e80

#545f60

#383f40

#1c2020

Tints

Color #afb8b9 mixed toward white.

#bcc4c5

#cad0d0

#d7dcdc

#e4e7e8

#f2f3f3

Tones

Color #afb8b9 mixed toward gray.

#b0b7b8

#b1b7b7

#b2b6b7

#b2b5b6

#b3b5b5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.02:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.38:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.38:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b3b3b9 · ΔE 5.8

Deuteranopia

#b2b2b9 · ΔE 6.2

Tritanopia

#afb9b9 · ΔE 0.8

Achromatopsia

#b6b6b6 · ΔE 4.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #afb8b9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#afb8b9]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#afb8b9 (#afb8b9) is rgb(175, 184, 185) in RGB.

No, #afb8b9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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