#AFA3C8#AFA3C8

#AFA3C8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.054 H 299.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA3C8
RGB	rgb(175, 163, 200)
HSL	hsl(259, 25%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(259, 19%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.5%, 18.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.10, 11.61, -17.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.10, 20.85, 303.82°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% 0.027 -0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.054 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.1996, 39.4784, 60.0820)
Luminance	0.3948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA3C8 #BCC8A3

analogous

#A3A9C8 #AFA3C8 #C1A3C8

triadic

#AFA3C8 #C8AFA3 #A3C8AF

tetradic

#AFA3C8 #C8A3A9 #BCC8A3 #A3C8C1

square

#AFA3C8 #C8A3A9 #BCC8A3 #A3C8C1

split-complementary

#AFA3C8 #C8C1A3 #A9C8A3

monochromatic

#6E5A97 #8E7DB1 #AFA3C8 #D0C9DF #EEECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#AFA3C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#AFA3C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA3C8

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA3C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA3C8	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA9CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA8C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa3c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 163, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.054 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bed8',
    500: '#afa3c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa3c8;
$custom-light: #c7bed8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa3c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.459,
    "s": 25.17,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73799,
    "c": 0.05422,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA3C8

secondary

#E5E8DF

accent

#A44284

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA3C8

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

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