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#AFAACF — Light Dusty Blue

#AFAACF is a blue color we call Light Dusty Blue, closest to the named color Silver (#C0C0C0). It belongs to the blue family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: silver (#C0C0C0) — not an exact match. CSS silver gives you #C0C0C0, a different color; use #AFAACF when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#AFAACF is a cool blue color associated with trust, calm and professionalism. It sits comfortably in the middle: usable for large areas in soft schemes, or as a supporting color beside something stronger.

Its strongest partner is its complement #CACFAA; it also sits naturally between #AAB8CF and #C2AACF. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AFAACF · RGB 175, 170, 207

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Color values

HEX#AFAACF
RGB175, 170, 207
HSL248°, 28%, 74%
HSV248°, 18%, 81%
CMYK15%, 18%, 0%, 19%
XYZ43.32, 42.37, 64.93
Yxy42.37, 0.2876, 0.2813
CIE-Lab71.12, 9.24, -18.12
Hunter Lab65.09, 8.49, -17.78

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 69% · Green 67% · Blue 81%

Cyan 15% · Magenta 18% · Yellow 0% · Key 19%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #AFAACF on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #AFAACF on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #AFAACF

.text { color: #AFAACF; }
.background { background-color: #AFAACF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AFAACF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(175, 170, 207); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(248, 28%, 74%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AFAACF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(175, 170, 207, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AFAACF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(175, 170, 207, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AFAACF">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AFAACF">Div content here</div>

Shades of #AFAACF

#9A93C2#847CB6#6F66A9#5D5496#4F487F#413B68#332E52#24213B#161424#08070D

Tints of #AFAACF

#B5B1D3#BBB7D7#C5C1DC#CBC8E0#D1CEE3#D7D5E7#DDDBEB#E6E5F0#EDEBF4#F3F2F8

Tones of #AFAACF

#B1ADCD#B3AFCA#B5B2C7#B7B5C5#B9B7C2#BBBABF

Color harmonies

Complementary — #CACFAA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.22:1 Fails
Against black text9.47:1 AAA

Best text color on #AFAACF: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AFAACF

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #AFAACF: ·

How #AFAACF looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #ADADC6Deuteranopia · #ADAEC4Tritanopia · #AFBFBD

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Material Grey 500 · #9E9E9ETailwind purple 500 · #A855F7Tailwind violet 500 · #8B5CF6

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #AFAACF rather than the exact color:

Palette 495c83
#495C83 · #7A86B6 · #A8A4CE · #C8B6E2
Golden Ruby Harbor
#C3C9E4 · #A6ADCF · #8B94C1 · #414C81
Wild Bloom
#B5A3CB · #B87BA6 · #A85446 · #7D7D3F
Palette 8294c4
#8294C4 · #ACB1D6 · #DBDFEA · #FFEAD2
Frozen Ruby Cascade
#7D8156 · #65B476 · #3F6376 · #B5A3C8
Royal Harbor
#67BC7E · #5B8CA9 · #B5A5C6 · #C47E9B

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#A8A4CE#A6ADCF#B5A3CB#ACB1D6#B5A3C8#B5A5C6#ADA6DC#AFB4D9#B19CD0#B7A5DA#BDA6CE#A8A8DC

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AFAACE  ·  #AFAAD0 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AFAACF?

#AFAACF is Light Dusty Blue, a blue color (RGB 175, 170, 207). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AFAACF?

#AFAACF is RGB 175, 170, 207 — HSL 248°, 28%, 74% — CMYK 15%, 18%, 0%, 19%.

What colors go with #AFAACF?

Its complement is #CACFAA; analogous partners are #AAB8CF and #C2AACF. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AFAACF for text?

Black text on #AFAACF has a contrast ratio of 9.47:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.22:1.