#AFA0BC#AFA0BC

#AFA0BC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.043 H 309.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA0BC
RGB	rgb(175, 160, 188)
HSL	hsl(272, 17%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(272, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 14.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.94, 10.78, -12.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.94, 16.44, 310.96°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% 0.0274 -0.0334)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.043 309.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.3255, 37.8866, 52.8083)
Luminance	0.3789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA0BC #ADBCA0

analogous

#A1A0BC #AFA0BC #BCA0BB

triadic

#AFA0BC #BCAFA0 #A0BCAF

tetradic

#AFA0BC #BCA1A0 #ADBCA0 #A0BBBC

square

#AFA0BC #BCA1A0 #ADBCA0 #A0BBBC

split-complementary

#AFA0BC #BBBCA0 #A0BCA1

monochromatic

#725D84 #917CA3 #AFA0BC #CDC4D5 #EBE8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#AFA0BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#AFA0BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA0BC

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA0BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA0BC	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA5BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA6BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa0bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 160, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.043 309.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bcd0',
    500: '#afa0bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa0bc;
$custom-light: #c7bcd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa0bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.143,
    "s": 17.284,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72769,
    "c": 0.04318,
    "h": 309.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA0BC

secondary

#DCE0D8

accent

#9C4A70

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA0BC

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

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