#AF8BCD#AF8BCD

#AF8BCD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.102 H 308.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF8BCD
RGB	rgb(175, 139, 205)
HSL	hsl(273, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(273, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 32.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.33, 26.16, -28.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.33, 39.00, 312.13°)
OKLab	oklab(69.42% 0.064 -0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(69.42% 0.102 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.9292, 31.9873, 61.9218)
Luminance	0.3199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF8BCD #A9CD8B

analogous

#8E8BCD #AF8BCD #CD8BCA

triadic

#AF8BCD #CDAF8B #8BCDAF

tetradic

#AF8BCD #CD8E8B #A9CD8B #8BCACD

square

#AF8BCD #CD8E8B #A9CD8B #8BCACD

split-complementary

#AF8BCD #CACD8B #8BCD8E

monochromatic

#73439B #9260BB #AF8BCD #CCB6DF #EAE1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#AF8BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#AF8BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AF8BCD

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF8BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF8BCD	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F98D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879ACB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB94A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af8bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 139, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.102 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7addc',
    500: '#af8bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af8bcd;
$custom-light: #c7addc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af8bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.727,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69422,
    "c": 0.10205,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF8BCD

secondary

#D9E4D0

accent

#B3336D

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF8BCD

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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