Information about #AFB7BD color

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Basic facts about this digital color

#AFB7BD falls into the Azure Color Family — Desaturated, Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(175, 183, 189) — 68.6% red, 71.8% green, 74.1% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 5 / 2 / 0 / 26. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

#AFB7BD is a softly muted balanced grey tone that appears airy and pastel-like. It is a natural fit for minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Longitude (#AEB7C0). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Cool Silver (#B0BBC0) and Coastal Blue (#AAB7BB).

In RGB terms — rgb(175, 183, 189) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #AFB7BD: 10.3:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.0:1 for white. #AFB7BD has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#AFB7BD color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#AFB7BD color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#AFB7BD color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#AFB7BD color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#AFB7BD color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#AFB7BD color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes
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Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme
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Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme
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Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme
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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
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Nearest named colors to #AFB7BD

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Longitude color link
Longitude

#AEB7C0

Cool Silver color link
Cool Silver

#B0BBC0

Coastal Blue color link
Coastal Blue

#AAB7BB

Antique Steel color link
Antique Steel

#B1B6B7

Casper color link
Casper

#AAB5B8

Loblolly color link
Loblolly

#B3BBB7

Misty Lavender color link
Misty Lavender

#B6B5B9

Surrender color link
Surrender

#B5B7B7

Emerge color link
Emerge

#ADBAB5

Hermitage color link
Hermitage

#B1B9B4

Morepork color link
Morepork

#B8B5C2

Rivendell color link
Rivendell

#A9BDB6

#AFB7BD color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#AFB7BD
  • RGB175, 183, 189
  • CMYK5, 2, 0, 26
  • CSSrgb(175, 183, 189)
  • HSL206°, 10%, 71%
  • HSL Precise205.714°, 9.589%, 71.373%
  • HSV206°, 7%, 74%
  • HSB206°, 7%, 74%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.686
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.718
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.741
  • GLSLvec3(0.686, 0.718, 0.741)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.686, 0.718, 0.741, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.686, 0.718, 0.741)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB68.6%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB71.8%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB74.1%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyDesaturated
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDAFB7BD
  • DECIMAL ID11515837
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers12 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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