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#AFADBC

#afadbc ≈ Dark Gray

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#afadbc is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 67.84% green and 73.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 6.91% cyan, 7.98% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 248°, with 10.07% saturation and 70.78% lightness in HSL. It is a neutral color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.53:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 7.76.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.4263

Complementary

  1. #afadbc
  2. #babcad

Split complementary

  1. #afadbc
  2. #bcb6ad
  3. #b2bcad

Analogous

  1. #adb2bc
  2. #afadbc
  3. #b6adbc

Triadic

  1. #afadbc
  2. #bcafad
  3. #adbcaf

Tetradic

  1. #afadbc
  2. #bcadba
  3. #babcad
  4. #adbcaf

Square

  1. #afadbc
  2. #bcadb2
  3. #babcad
  4. #adbcb6

Monochromatic

  1. #605e72
  2. #86839a
  3. #afadbc
  4. #d8d7de
  5. #f4f4f6

Shades

#afadbc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #afadbc
  2. #9e9ca9
  3. #8c8a96
  4. #7b7984
  5. #696871
  6. #58575e
  7. #46454b
  8. #353438
  9. #232326
  10. #121113
  11. #000000

Tints

#afadbc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #afadbc
  2. #b7b5c3
  3. #bfbdc9
  4. #c7c6d0
  5. #cfced7
  6. #d7d6de
  7. #dfdee4
  8. #e7e6eb
  9. #efeff2
  10. #f7f7f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#afadbc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #afadbc
  2. #aaa9b6
  3. #a6a4b0
  4. #a1a0aa
  5. #9c9ba4
  6. #98979e
  7. #939298
  8. #8e8e92
  9. #89898c
  10. #858586
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.53:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #afaeb4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #aaafbd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aaaebc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #adafb2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #acaebc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #acaebc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aeaeb6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-afadbc {
  color: #afadbc;
}
Background
.bg-afadbc {
  background-color: #afadbc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-afadbc {
  border: 2px solid #afadbc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #afadbc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 173 188;
  --color-primary-hsl: 248 10% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-afadbc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #afadbc, #b6adbc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-afadbc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 173 188 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 7.76 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 7.76 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.99 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 8.46 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 8.69 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 8.93 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 9.33 #505243 Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#afadbc  rgb(175, 173, 188)  hsl(248, 10%, 71%)  Dark Gray
#babcad  rgb(186, 188, 173)  hsl(68, 10%, 71%)  Ash Gray
#bcafad  rgb(188, 175, 173)  hsl(8, 10%, 71%)  Silver Pink
#adbcaf  rgb(173, 188, 175)  hsl(128, 10%, 71%)  Ash Gray