#AFA0E4#AFA0E4

#AFA0E4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.098 H 294.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA0E4
RGB	rgb(175, 160, 228)
HSL	hsl(253, 56%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(253, 30%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.2%, 29.8%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.37, 19.56, -32.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.37, 37.79, 301.17°)
OKLab	oklab(74.35% 0.0398 -0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(74.35% 0.098 294)
XYZ	xyz(44.2503, 39.8565, 78.7455)
Luminance	0.3986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA0E4 #D5E4A0

analogous

#A0B3E4 #AFA0E4 #D1A0E4

triadic

#AFA0E4 #E4AFA0 #A0E4AF

tetradic

#AFA0E4 #E4A0B3 #D5E4A0 #A0E4D1

square

#AFA0E4 #E4A0B3 #D5E4A0 #A0E4D1

split-complementary

#AFA0E4 #E4D1A0 #B3E4A0

monochromatic

#5F41C9 #8770D6 #AFA0E4 #D7D0F2 #EBE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#AFA0E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#AFA0E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA0E4

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA0E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA0E4	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FAAE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A8E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4ABB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa0e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 160, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.098 294.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bcec',
    500: '#afa0e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa0e4;
$custom-light: #c8bcec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa0e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.235,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74347,
    "c": 0.0978,
    "h": 294
  },
  "luminance": 0.39857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA0E4

secondary

#EBEFDC

accent

#C322A0

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA0E4

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

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