Information about #AFBDBA color

#AFBDBA color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#AFBDBA falls into the Cyan Color Family — Desaturated, Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(175, 189, 186) — 68.6% red, 74.1% green, 72.9% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 5 / 0 / 1 / 26. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#AFBDBA is a quiet, subdued balanced grey tone that appears airy and pastel-like. In practice it works well for minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Loblolly (#B3BBB7). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Ash Gray (#B2BEB5) and Emerge (#ADBAB5).

In RGB terms — rgb(175, 189, 186) — the green channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #AFBDBA: 10.8:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.9:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #AFBDBA is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#AFBDBA color variations

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

#AFBDBA 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

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

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

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

Tetradic

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

Tetradic color scheme

Square

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

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #AFBDBA

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

Loblolly color link
Loblolly

#B3BBB7

Ash Gray color link
Ash Gray

#B2BEB5

Emerge color link
Emerge

#ADBAB5

Cool Silver color link
Cool Silver

#B0BBC0

Rivendell color link
Rivendell

#A9BDB6

Hermitage color link
Hermitage

#B1B9B4

Coastal Blue color link
Coastal Blue

#AAB7BB

Longitude color link
Longitude

#AEB7C0

Surrender color link
Surrender

#B5B7B7

Opal color link
Opal

#A8C3BC

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#AFBDBA
  • RGB175, 189, 186
  • CMYK5, 0, 1, 26
  • CSSrgb(175, 189, 186)
  • HSL167°, 10%, 71%
  • HSL Precise167.143°, 9.589%, 71.373%
  • HSV167°, 7%, 74%
  • HSB167°, 7%, 74%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.686
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.741
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.729
  • GLSLvec3(0.686, 0.741, 0.729)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.686, 0.741, 0.729, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.686, 0.741, 0.729)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB68.6%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB74.1%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB72.9%
  • Color FamilyCyan
  • Saturation FamilyDesaturated
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDAFBDBA
  • DECIMAL ID11517370
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers9 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01