#AFA0BD#AFA0BD

#AFA0BD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.044 H 308.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA0BD
RGB	rgb(175, 160, 189)
HSL	hsl(271, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(271, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 15.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.97, 10.98, -12.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.97, 16.96, 310.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% 0.0277 -0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.044 308.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.4337, 37.9299, 53.3780)
Luminance	0.3793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA0BD #AEBDA0

analogous

#A0A0BD #AFA0BD #BDA0BC

triadic

#AFA0BD #BDAFA0 #A0BDAF

tetradic

#AFA0BD #BDA0A0 #AEBDA0 #A0BCBD

square

#AFA0BD #BDA0A0 #AEBDA0 #A0BCBD

split-complementary

#AFA0BD #BCBDA0 #A0BDA0

monochromatic

#725D86 #917CA4 #AFA0BD #CDC4D6 #ECE8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#AFA0BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#AFA0BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA0BD

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA0BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA0BD	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA5BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA6BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa0bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 160, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.044 308.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bcd0',
    500: '#afa0bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa0bd;
$custom-light: #c7bcd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa0bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.034,
    "s": 18.012,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72804,
    "c": 0.04449,
    "h": 308.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA0BD

secondary

#DCE1D8

accent

#9C4971

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA0BD

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

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