#AFA0E5#AFA0E5

#AFA0E5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.099 H 293.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA0E5
RGB	rgb(175, 160, 229)
HSL	hsl(253, 57%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(253, 30%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 30.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.41, 19.79, -32.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.41, 38.33, 301.09°)
OKLab	oklab(74.39% 0.0401 -0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(74.39% 0.099 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.3895, 39.9122, 79.4787)
Luminance	0.3991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA0E5 #D6E5A0

analogous

#A0B4E5 #AFA0E5 #D2A0E5

triadic

#AFA0E5 #E5AFA0 #A0E5AF

tetradic

#AFA0E5 #E5A0B4 #D6E5A0 #A0E5D2

square

#AFA0E5 #E5A0B4 #D6E5A0 #A0E5D2

split-complementary

#AFA0E5 #E5D2A0 #B4E5A0

monochromatic

#5E40CB #8770D8 #AFA0E5 #D7D0F2 #EBE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#AFA0E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#AFA0E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA0E5

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA0E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA0E5	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FAAE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A8E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4ABB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa0e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 160, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.099 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bced',
    500: '#afa0e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa0e5;
$custom-light: #c8bced;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa0e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.043,
    "s": 57.025,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74391,
    "c": 0.09917,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA0E5

secondary

#EBF0DB

accent

#C521A1

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA0E5

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

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