#AF8CAA#AF8CAA

#AF8CAA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.059 H 331.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF8CAA
RGB	rgb(175, 140, 170)
HSL	hsl(309, 18%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(309, 20%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 2.9%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.32, 18.45, -10.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.32, 21.35, 329.80°)
OKLab	oklab(68.23% 0.0518 -0.0287)
OKLCH	oklch(68.23% 0.059 331.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.3123, 30.7733, 42.1548)
Luminance	0.3077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Color harmonies

complementary

#AF8CAA #8CAF91

analogous

#A38CAF #AF8CAA #AF8C99

triadic

#AF8CAA #AAAF8C #8CAAAF

tetradic

#AF8CAA #AFA38C #8CAF91 #8C99AF

square

#AF8CAA #AFA38C #8CAF91 #8C99AF

split-complementary

#AF8CAA #99AF8C #8CAFA3

monochromatic

#724F6D #96688F #AF8CAA #C8B0C5 #E1D4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#AF8CAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#AF8CAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AF8CAA

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF8CAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF8CAA	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B94AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9398A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B28E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af8caa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 140, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.059 331.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7adc3',
    500: '#af8caa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af8caa;
$custom-light: #c7adc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af8caa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.571,
    "s": 17.949,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68226,
    "c": 0.05922,
    "h": 331.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF8CAA

secondary

#C5D2C7

accent

#9C5549

background

#FCFAFB

surface

#F8F4F7

border

#D1CED0

text

#131012

muted

#827F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF8CAA

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

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