#AFA2AB

sRGB: 175 / 162 / 171

Radiant blossoms reshape eternity
Sacred blossoms tremble in empty gardens
Brilliant stars defy the passing ages

#AFA2AB belongs to the rose family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 175 red, 162 green and 171 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 318.5° lands in the rose region. Its 7.5% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 66.1% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (8.58:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 175, 162, 171
HSL: 318.46°, 7.51%, 66.08%
HSV / HSB: 318.46°, 7.43%, 68.63%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 7.43%, 2.29%, 31.37%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 37.948, 37.895, 43.845
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 67.943, 6.353, -2.949
WCAG relative luminance: 0.37895
24-bit decimal: 11510443

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #AFA2AB in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 8.58:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 2.45:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#A2AFA6 sits half a turn (180°) from #AFA2AB on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#AFA2AB #A2AFA6

Analogous

#ADA2AF and #AFA2A4 sit 30° to either side of #AFA2AB. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#ADA2AF #AFA2AB #AFA2A4

Triadic

#AFA2AB, #ABAFA2 and #A2ABAF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#AFA2AB #ABAFA2 #A2ABAF

Split complementary

Start at #AFA2AB and look across the wheel. #A4AFA2 and #A2AFAD sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#AFA2AB #A4AFA2 #A2AFAD

Square

Starting with #AFA2AB, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #AFADA2, #A2AFA6, then #A2A4AF. Across the square, #AFA2AB pairs with #A2AFA6, and #AFADA2 with #A2A4AF.

#AFA2AB #AFADA2 #A2AFA6 #A2A4AF

Tetradic

#AFA2AB and #A2AFA6 are opposites, as are #AFA6A2 and #A2ABAF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#AFA2AB #AFA6A2 #A2AFA6 #A2ABAF

Tints

Mixing #AFA2AB with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BFB5BC, keeps 80% of the original. By #EFECEE, the mixture is 80% white.

#AFA2AB #BFB5BC #CFC7CD #DFDADD #EFECEE #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #AFA2AB with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #8C8289, keeps 80% of the original. By #232022, the mixture is 80% black.

#AFA2AB #8C8289 #696167 #464144 #232022 #000000

Tones

Mixing #AFA2AB with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A69BA2, keeps 80% of the original. By #898789, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#AFA2AB #A69BA2 #9C949A #938E91 #898789 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#AFA2AB

RGB

rgb(175 162 171)

HSL

hsl(318.462 7.514% 66.078%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #AFA2AB;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#AFA2AB uses 175 red, 162 green and 171 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 68.6%

Green 63.5%

Blue 67.1%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #AFA2AB is 0.0% cyan, 7.4% magenta, 2.3% yellow and 31.4% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 7.4%

Yellow 2.3%

Black 31.4%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #AAAAAA. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #AAA in CSS. For a modern design, keep #AFA2AB when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #999999, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #AAAAAA Nearest web-safe: #999999

Gradient to complement

#AFA2AB #ADA4AA #ABA6A9 #A9A9A9 #A6ABA8 #A4ADA7 #A2AFA6

Color vision previews

Compare how #AFA2AB appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#A2A4AB

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#A5A6AB

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#B1A2A5

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#A7A4AB

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#A8A5AB

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#AFA2A9

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#A6A6A6

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#AAA4A8

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.42869 G 0.36131 B 0.40724

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.67758 G 0.63707 B 0.66839

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.41673 G 0.36354 B 0.40428

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.317 y 0.317 Y 37.895

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 31.373 M % 36.471 Y % 32.941

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

10101111 10100010 10101011