#AF8CDC#AF8CDC

#AF8CDC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.120 H 303.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF8CDC
RGB	rgb(175, 140, 220)
HSL	hsl(266, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(266, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.5%, 36.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.19, 28.96, -35.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.19, 46.17, 308.85°)
OKLab	oklab(70.28% 0.0662 -0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(70.28% 0.12 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.9729, 33.0375, 71.9673)
Luminance	0.3304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF8CDC #B9DC8C

analogous

#8C91DC #AF8CDC #D78CDC

triadic

#AF8CDC #DCAF8C #8CDCAF

tetradic

#AF8CDC #DC8C91 #B9DC8C #8CDCD7

square

#AF8CDC #DC8C91 #B9DC8C #8CDCD7

split-complementary

#AF8CDC #DCD78C #91DC8C

monochromatic

#6F37B6 #8E5DCE #AF8CDC #D0BBEA #EFE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#AF8CDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#AF8CDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AF8CDC

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF8CDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF8CDC	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A9BDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819CDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A898AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af8cdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 140, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.120 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8aee7',
    500: '#af8cdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af8cdc;
$custom-light: #c8aee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af8cdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.25,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70281,
    "c": 0.11958,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF8CDC

secondary

#E3EDD7

accent

#C1257D

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FC

border

#D1CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF8CDC

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

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