What is hex #AFA58F color?

 
In professional design frameworks, this hue is considered a balanced and versatile hue. It is ideal for creating smooth color harmony, digital artwork, or minimalist web components.

From a technical standpoint, this color is composed of 69% red, 65% green and 56% blue, resulting in an RGB value of (175,165,143).
For print media and manufacturing layout, the CMYK colors code equivalent is (0%, 6%, 18%, 31%).
In the HSV/HSB scale, #AFA58F features a hue of 41°, 18% saturation, and a brightness value of 69%.

Hex #AFA58F Color Codes & Equivalents

RGB Values (175,165,143)
CMYK Values (0%, 6%, 18%, 31%)
HSV/HSB Values (41°, 18%, 69%)
Closest Web Safe
#999999
Inverse Color
#505A70
Closest Pantone®
Warm Gray 5 C
Closest RAL
RAL 7032 [Pebble grey]
Complementary Color
#8F99AF

#AFA58F Converted to Grayscale Codes

Average
#A1A1A1
Lightness (Desaturation)
#9F9F9F
Weighted (BT601)
#A5A5A5
Luma (BT709)
#A6A6A6

Hex #AFA58F Color Palettes

Complementary Palette

The complementary color of #AFA58F is #8F99AF. To get this value, we need to use the RGB metrics, and take this opposite color at the end of the color wheel, so for #AFA58F you will find #8F99AF. When placed next to each other, they create the strongest contrast for those two colors. Complementary colors may also be called "opposite colors". So if you need to grab attention, you should use it.

#AFA58F #8F99AF

Analogous Palette

The analogous color scheme of #AFA58F is composed with colors #AF958F and #A9AF8F. Colors are called analogous colors when they are very similar to each other. They are located to the right and left of your main color #AFA58F with a 30° separation on the RGB color wheel. An analogous color palette is best used with either warm or cool colors, creating a look that has a certain temperature as well as proper color harmony.

#AF958F #AFA58F #A9AF8F

Split-Complementary Palette

The split-complementary color scheme of #AFA58F is composed with colors #958FAF and #8FA9AF. A split-complementary color palette is like an analogous palette but you will take the complementary color as base instead of your main color. This choice, however, also makes the split complementary color combinations less vibrant and eye-catching, but it's also a good choice for beginners as you can hardly go wrong.

#AFA58F #958FAF #8FA9AF

Triadic Palette

The triadic color scheme of #AFA58F is composed with colors #A58FAF and #8FAFA5. They are located to the right and left of your main color #AFA58F with a 120° separation on the RGB color wheel. With it you have the maximum variation in hue and offering by the same occasion the best possible contrast when taken together.

#AFA58F #A58FAF #8FAFA5

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic color scheme of #AFA58F is composed with colors #8FAFA5, #8F99AF and #AF8F99 A tetradic color scheme, an outstanding variant of the twin color scheme, with an equal distance between all colors. All four colors are divided evenly around the color wheel. Like this there being no clear dominance of one color overs others. Colorful palettes create a sense of diversity, optimism and openness which are positive for a consumer brand. You can find the tetradic color scheme on big tech company logo like Google, Slack, Zoho, Microsoft, eBay for example. For a better result, you can also adjust saturation and brightness.

#AFA58F #8FAFA5 #8F99AF #AF8F99

Square Palette

The square color scheme of #AFA58F is composed with colors #8FAF95, #8F99AF and #AF8FA9 To get this color, it's pretty the same method that analogous or triadic, but instead, you will take an angle of 90° on the RGB Wheel between each colors. The square palette looks a lot like the Tetradic palette but it is less dark which is nicer in my opinion.

#AFA58F #8FAF95 #8F99AF #AF8FA9

Tints, Tones & Shades of Hex #AFA58F

Tints

Tints are created by adding white, resulting in lighter shades of #AFA58F.

#AFA58F #B7AE9A #C0B8A6 #C8C1B2 #D1CBBE #D9D4CA #E2DED6 #EAE7E2

Tones

Tones are made by mixing with gray, softening the original color.

#AFA58F #A5A198 #9F9F9F

Shades

Shades result from adding black, creating darker variations.

#AFA58F #A69B83 #9E9177 #95886B #897D62 #7E725A #726751 #665D49

Hex #AFA58F in programming languages

If you are a developer, you will find below the color codes to use according to your programming language (HTML, JAVA, Python, .NET), enjoy!

HTML, CSS #AFA58F
Java new Color(175,165,143);
Python Color(#AFA58F)
.NET Color.FromArgb(255, 175,165,143);
Swift / iOS UIColor(red: 0.69, green: 0.65, blue: 0.56, alpha: 1)
Kotlin / Android Color.rgb(175, 165, 143)