#AFA2C8#AFA2C8

#AFA2C8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.056 H 300.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA2C8
RGB	rgb(175, 162, 200)
HSL	hsl(261, 26%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(261, 19%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.5%, 19%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.84, 12.17, -17.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.84, 21.49, 304.48°)
OKLab	oklab(73.6% 0.0285 -0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(73.6% 0.056 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.0228, 39.1247, 60.0230)
Luminance	0.3912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA2C8 #BBC8A2

analogous

#A2A8C8 #AFA2C8 #C2A2C8

triadic

#AFA2C8 #C8AFA2 #A2C8AF

tetradic

#AFA2C8 #C8A2A8 #BBC8A2 #A2C8C2

square

#AFA2C8 #C8A2A8 #BBC8A2 #A2C8C2

split-complementary

#AFA2C8 #C8C2A2 #A8C8A2

monochromatic

#6E5997 #8E7CB1 #AFA2C8 #D0C8DF #EEECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#AFA2C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#AFA2C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA2C8

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA2C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA2C8	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA8CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA8C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa2c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 162, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.056 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bdd8',
    500: '#afa2c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa2c8;
$custom-light: #c7bdd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa2c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.526,
    "s": 25.676,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73602,
    "c": 0.05588,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA2C8

secondary

#E4E8DE

accent

#A44182

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA2C8

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

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