#AFA5BC#AFA5BC

#AFA5BC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.034 H 305.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA5BC
RGB	rgb(175, 165, 188)
HSL	hsl(266, 15%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(266, 12%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 12.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.22, 8.01, -10.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.22, 13.20, 307.35°)
OKLab	oklab(73.77% 0.0199 -0.0282)
OKLCH	oklch(73.77% 0.034 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.2098, 39.6551, 53.1031)
Luminance	0.3966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA5BC #B2BCA5

analogous

#A5A7BC #AFA5BC #BBA5BC

triadic

#AFA5BC #BCAFA5 #A5BCAF

tetradic

#AFA5BC #BCA5A7 #B2BCA5 #A5BCBB

square

#AFA5BC #BCA5A7 #B2BCA5 #A5BCBB

split-complementary

#AFA5BC #BCBBA5 #A7BCA5

monochromatic

#716284 #9082A2 #AFA5BC #CEC8D6 #EDEBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#AFA5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#AFA5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA5BC

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA5BC	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A9BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A9BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 165, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.034 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bfd0',
    500: '#afa5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa5bc;
$custom-light: #c7bfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.087,
    "s": 14.65,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7377,
    "c": 0.03448,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA5BC

secondary

#DFE2DB

accent

#994D78

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA5BC

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

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