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#AFAFB6

#afafb6 ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#afafb6 is a color from the gray family, with high lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 68.63% green and 71.37% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 3.85% cyan, 3.85% magenta, 0% yellow and 28.63% black. Its hue angle is 240°, with 4.58% saturation and 70% lightness in HSL. It is a neutral color, often associated with neutrality, balance and professionalism. Designers typically use it for body text and typography, corporate identities and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.63:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 4.19.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.4315

Complementary

  1. #afafb6
  2. #b6b6af

Split complementary

  1. #afafb6
  2. #b6b3af
  3. #b3b6af

Analogous

  1. #afb3b6
  2. #afafb6
  3. #b3afb6

Triadic

  1. #afafb6
  2. #b6afaf
  3. #afb6af

Tetradic

  1. #afafb6
  2. #b6afb6
  3. #b6b6af
  4. #afb6af

Square

  1. #afafb6
  2. #b6afb3
  3. #b6b6af
  4. #afb6b3

Monochromatic

  1. #61616b
  2. #878792
  3. #afafb6
  4. #d7d7db
  5. #f4f4f5

Shades

#afafb6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #afafb6
  2. #9e9ea4
  3. #8c8c92
  4. #7b7b7f
  5. #69696d
  6. #58585b
  7. #464649
  8. #353537
  9. #232324
  10. #121212
  11. #000000

Tints

#afafb6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #afafb6
  2. #b7b7bd
  3. #bfbfc5
  4. #c7c7cc
  5. #cfcfd3
  6. #d7d7db
  7. #dfdfe2
  8. #e7e7e9
  9. #efeff0
  10. #f7f7f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#afafb6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #afafb6
  2. #aaaab1
  3. #a6a6ab
  4. #a1a1a6
  5. #9c9ca0
  6. #98989b
  7. #939396
  8. #8e8e90
  9. #89898b
  10. #858585
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.18:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.63:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b0b0b0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #afafb2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #aeb0b6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #adafb6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #aeb0b1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aeafb6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aeafb6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aeb0b3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-afafb6 {
  color: #afafb6;
}
Background
.bg-afafb6 {
  background-color: #afafb6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-afafb6 {
  border: 2px solid #afafb6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #afafb6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 175 182;
  --color-primary-hsl: 240 5% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-afafb6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #afafb6, #b3afb6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-afafb6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 175 182 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 4.19 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 4.19 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 5.81 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 9.56 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 9.85 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 9.85 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.46 #505049 Inverted #b0b0b0 Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#afafb6  rgb(175, 175, 182)  hsl(240, 5%, 70%)  Dark Gray
#b6b6af  rgb(182, 182, 175)  hsl(60, 5%, 70%)  Silver
#b6afaf  rgb(182, 175, 175)  hsl(0, 5%, 70%)  Dark Gray
#afb6af  rgb(175, 182, 175)  hsl(120, 5%, 70%)  Ash Gray