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#AFB4BA

#afb4ba ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#afb4ba 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, 70.59% green and 72.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 5.91% cyan, 3.23% magenta, 0% yellow and 27.06% black. Its hue angle is 212.73°, with 7.38% saturation and 70.78% 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 10.06:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 4.54.

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Web safe#99cccc
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Relative luminance0.453

Complementary

  1. #afb4ba
  2. #bab5af

Split complementary

  1. #afb4ba
  2. #baafaf
  3. #b9baaf

Analogous

  1. #afb9ba
  2. #afb4ba
  3. #afafba

Triadic

  1. #afb4ba
  2. #baafb4
  3. #b4baaf

Tetradic

  1. #afb4ba
  2. #b5afba
  3. #bab5af
  4. #b4baaf

Square

  1. #afb4ba
  2. #baafb9
  3. #bab5af
  4. #afbaaf

Monochromatic

  1. #606770
  2. #868d97
  3. #afb4ba
  4. #d8dadd
  5. #f4f5f6

Shades

#afb4ba mixed progressively with black.

  1. #afb4ba
  2. #9ea2a7
  3. #8c9095
  4. #7b7e82
  5. #696c70
  6. #585a5d
  7. #46484a
  8. #353638
  9. #232425
  10. #121213
  11. #000000

Tints

#afb4ba mixed progressively with white.

  1. #afb4ba
  2. #b7bcc1
  3. #bfc3c8
  4. #c7cbcf
  5. #cfd2d6
  6. #d7dadd
  7. #dfe1e3
  8. #e7e9ea
  9. #eff0f1
  10. #f7f8f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#afb4ba mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #afb4ba
  2. #aaafb4
  3. #a6aaae
  4. #a1a4a9
  5. #9c9fa3
  6. #989a9d
  7. #939597
  8. #8e9091
  9. #898a8c
  10. #858586
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.09:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.06:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b3b3b3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b2b4b6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b2b4ba ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b1b3ba ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #adb5b6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b1b4ba ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b0b3ba ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aeb5b8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-afb4ba {
  color: #afb4ba;
}
Background
.bg-afb4ba {
  background-color: #afb4ba;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-afb4ba {
  border: 2px solid #afb4ba;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #afb4ba;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 180 186;
  --color-primary-hsl: 213 7% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-afb4ba {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #afb4ba, #afafba);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-afb4ba {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 180 186 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 4.54 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 4.54 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 4.82 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 8.00 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 8.75 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 8.75 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 8.99 #504b45 Inverted #b3b3b3 Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#afb4ba  rgb(175, 180, 186)  hsl(213, 7%, 71%)  Dark Gray
#bab5af  rgb(186, 181, 175)  hsl(33, 7%, 71%)  Silver
#baafb4  rgb(186, 175, 180)  hsl(333, 7%, 71%)  Silver Pink
#b4baaf  rgb(180, 186, 175)  hsl(93, 7%, 71%)  Ash Gray