#AFA5BD#AFA5BD

#AFA5BD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.036 H 304.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA5BD
RGB	rgb(175, 165, 189)
HSL	hsl(265, 15%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(265, 13%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 12.7%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.25, 8.21, -11.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.25, 13.73, 306.74°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% 0.0202 -0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.036 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.3180, 39.6984, 53.6728)
Luminance	0.3970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA5BD #B3BDA5

analogous

#A5A7BD #AFA5BD #BBA5BD

triadic

#AFA5BD #BDAFA5 #A5BDAF

tetradic

#AFA5BD #BDA5A7 #B3BDA5 #A5BDBB

square

#AFA5BD #BDA5A7 #B3BDA5 #A5BDBB

split-complementary

#AFA5BD #BDBBA5 #A7BDA5

monochromatic

#716286 #9082A3 #AFA5BD #CEC8D7 #EEECF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#AFA5BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#AFA5BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA5BD

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA5BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA5BD	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A9BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A9BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa5bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 165, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.036 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bfd0',
    500: '#afa5bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa5bd;
$custom-light: #c7bfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa5bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265,
    "s": 15.385,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73804,
    "c": 0.03583,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA5BD

secondary

#DFE2DB

accent

#9A4C79

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA5BD

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

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