#AFA1BC#AFA1BC

#AFA1BC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.041 H 308.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA1BC
RGB	rgb(175, 161, 188)
HSL	hsl(271, 17%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(271, 14%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 14.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.19, 10.22, -12.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.19, 15.79, 310.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% 0.0259 -0.0324)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.041 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.4996, 38.2347, 52.8663)
Luminance	0.3824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA1BC #AEBCA1

analogous

#A1A1BC #AFA1BC #BCA1BB

triadic

#AFA1BC #BCAFA1 #A1BCAF

tetradic

#AFA1BC #BCA1A1 #AEBCA1 #A1BBBC

square

#AFA1BC #BCA1A1 #AEBCA1 #A1BBBC

split-complementary

#AFA1BC #BBBCA1 #A1BCA1

monochromatic

#725E84 #917DA3 #AFA1BC #CDC5D5 #ECE8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#AFA1BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#AFA1BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA1BC

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA1BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA1BC	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA6BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A6BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa1bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 161, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.041 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bcd0',
    500: '#afa1bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa1bc;
$custom-light: #c7bcd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa1bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.111,
    "s": 16.77,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72968,
    "c": 0.04143,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA1BC

secondary

#DCE0D8

accent

#9B4A71

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA1BC

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

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