#AF8CD9#AF8CD9

#AF8CD9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.116 H 304.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF8CD9
RGB	rgb(175, 140, 217)
HSL	hsl(267, 50%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(267, 35%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 35.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.06, 28.27, -34.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.06, 44.59, 309.35°)
OKLab	oklab(70.14% 0.0655 -0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(70.14% 0.116 304.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.5791, 32.8800, 69.8936)
Luminance	0.3288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF8CD9 #B6D98C

analogous

#8C8FD9 #AF8CD9 #D68CD9

triadic

#AF8CD9 #D9AF8C #8CD9AF

tetradic

#AF8CD9 #D98C8F #B6D98C #8CD9D6

square

#AF8CD9 #D98C8F #B6D98C #8CD9D6

split-complementary

#AF8CD9 #D9D68C #8FD98C

monochromatic

#703AB0 #8F5ECA #AF8CD9 #CFBAE8 #EFE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#AF8CD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#AF8CD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AF8CD9

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF8CD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF8CD9	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B9ADC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829BD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A898A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af8cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 140, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.116 304.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8aee5',
    500: '#af8cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af8cd9;
$custom-light: #c8aee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af8cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.273,
    "s": 50.327,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70142,
    "c": 0.1157,
    "h": 304.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF8CD9

secondary

#E1EBD6

accent

#BE287A

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FC

border

#D1CED5

text

#131015

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF8CD9

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

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