#AFA1BD#AFA1BD

#AFA1BD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.043 H 307.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA1BD
RGB	rgb(175, 161, 189)
HSL	hsl(270, 18%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(270, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 14.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.22, 10.43, -12.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.22, 16.31, 309.74°)
OKLab	oklab(73% 0.0262 -0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(73% 0.043 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.6078, 38.2780, 53.4360)
Luminance	0.3828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA1BD #AFBDA1

analogous

#A1A1BD #AFA1BD #BDA1BD

triadic

#AFA1BD #BDAFA1 #A1BDAF

tetradic

#AFA1BD #BDA1A1 #AFBDA1 #A1BDBD

square

#AFA1BD #BDA1A1 #AFBDA1 #A1BDBD

split-complementary

#AFA1BD #BDBDA1 #A1BDA1

monochromatic

#725E86 #907DA4 #AFA1BD #CEC5D6 #ECE9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#AFA1BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#AFA1BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA1BD

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA1BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA1BD	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA6BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA7BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa1bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 161, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.043 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bcd0',
    500: '#afa1bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa1bd;
$custom-light: #c7bcd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa1bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 17.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73003,
    "c": 0.04274,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA1BD

secondary

#DDE1D9

accent

#9C4A73

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA1BD

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

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