#AFA0AE#AFA0AE

#AFA0AE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.026 H 327.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA0AE
RGB	rgb(175, 160, 174)
HSL	hsl(304, 9%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(304, 9%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 0.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.51, 8.02, -5.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.51, 9.59, 326.76°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% 0.0222 -0.0139)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.026 327.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.8889, 37.3120, 45.2421)
Luminance	0.3731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA0AE #A0AFA1

analogous

#A8A0AF #AFA0AE #AFA0A6

triadic

#AFA0AE #AEAFA0 #A0AEAF

tetradic

#AFA0AE #AFA8A0 #A0AFA1 #A0A6AF

square

#AFA0AE #AFA8A0 #A0AFA1 #A0A6AF

split-complementary

#AFA0AE #A6AFA0 #A0AFA8

monochromatic

#736172 #937F92 #AFA0AE #CBC1CA #E7E2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#AFA0AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#AFA0AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA0AE

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA0AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA0AE	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA3AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A5AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa0ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 160, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.026 327.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bcc6',
    500: '#afa0ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa0ae;
$custom-light: #c6bcc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa0ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304,
    "s": 8.571,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72296,
    "c": 0.02623,
    "h": 327.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA0AE

secondary

#D3D8D3

accent

#935753

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA0AE

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

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