#AFA2B9#AFA2B9

#AFA2B9 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.036 H 310.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA2B9
RGB	rgb(175, 162, 185)
HSL	hsl(274, 14%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(274, 12%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 12.4%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.36, 9.06, -10.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.36, 13.59, 311.84°)
OKLab	oklab(73.06% 0.0233 -0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(73.06% 0.036 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.3550, 38.4576, 51.2393)
Luminance	0.3846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA2B9 #ACB9A2

analogous

#A3A2B9 #AFA2B9 #B9A2B7

triadic

#AFA2B9 #B9AFA2 #A2B9AF

tetradic

#AFA2B9 #B9A3A2 #ACB9A2 #A2B7B9

square

#AFA2B9 #B9A3A2 #ACB9A2 #A2B7B9

split-complementary

#AFA2B9 #B7B9A2 #A2B9A3

monochromatic

#726080 #917F9F #AFA2B9 #CDC5D3 #EBE8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#AFA2B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#AFA2B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA2B9

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA2B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA2B9	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA6BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A7B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa2b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 162, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.036 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bdce',
    500: '#afa2b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa2b9;
$custom-light: #c7bdce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa2b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.913,
    "s": 14.11,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73064,
    "c": 0.03576,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA2B9

secondary

#DBDFD8

accent

#984D6E

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA2B9

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

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