#AFA2B8#AFA2B8

#AFA2B8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.034 H 311.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA2B8
RGB	rgb(175, 162, 184)
HSL	hsl(275, 13%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(275, 12%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 12%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.33, 8.86, -9.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.33, 13.08, 312.68°)
OKLab	oklab(73.03% 0.0229 -0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(73.03% 0.034 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.2498, 38.4155, 50.6853)
Luminance	0.3841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA2B8 #ABB8A2

analogous

#A4A2B8 #AFA2B8 #B8A2B6

triadic

#AFA2B8 #B8AFA2 #A2B8AF

tetradic

#AFA2B8 #B8A4A2 #ABB8A2 #A2B6B8

square

#AFA2B8 #B8A4A2 #ABB8A2 #A2B6B8

split-complementary

#AFA2B8 #B6B8A2 #A2B8A4

monochromatic

#73617F #917F9E #AFA2B8 #CDC5D2 #EBE7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#AFA2B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#AFA2B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA2B8

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA2B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA2B8	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA6B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A7B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa2b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 162, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.034 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bdcd',
    500: '#afa2b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa2b8;
$custom-light: #c7bdcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa2b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.455,
    "s": 13.415,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7303,
    "c": 0.03447,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA2B8

secondary

#DADED8

accent

#984E6C

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA2B8

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

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