#afb8e2

Color #afb8e2

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 10.29 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-200 #c6d2ff · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#afb8e2

RGB

rgb(175, 184, 226)

HSL

hsl(229.4, 46.8%, 78.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(229.4, 22.6%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.6%, 18.6%, 0%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(75.38, 5.79, -22.02)

LCH

lch(75.38, 22.77, 284.73)

OKLCH

oklch(79%, 0.0606, 275.49)

HWB

hwb(229.4, 68.6%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e2d9af

Analogous

#afd1e2

#afb8e2

#bfafe2

Triadic

#afb8e2

#e2afb8

#b8e2af

Split-complementary

#afb8e2

#e2bfaf

#d1e2af

Tetradic

#afb8e2

#d9afe2

#e2d9af

#b8e2af

Square

#afb8e2

#e2afd1

#e2d9af

#afe2bf

Shades

Color #afb8e2 mixed toward black.

#7e8cd0

#4d61be

#354693

#242f62

#121731

Tints

Color #afb8e2 mixed toward white.

#bcc4e7

#cad0ec

#d7dbf0

#e4e7f5

#f2f3fa

Tones

Color #afb8e2 mixed toward gray.

#b3bbde

#b7bdd9

#bcc0d5

#c0c3d1

#c4c6cd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.78:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.78:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b3b3d9 · ΔE 3.5

Deuteranopia

#b2b2d7 · ΔE 3.7

Tritanopia

#afd1cf · ΔE 20.9

Achromatopsia

#bababa · ΔE 15.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #afb8e2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#afb8e2]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#afb8e2 (#afb8e2) is rgb(175, 184, 226) in RGB.

No, #afb8e2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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