#AFA5BE#AFA5BE

#AFA5BE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.037 H 303.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA5BE
RGB	rgb(175, 165, 190)
HSL	hsl(264, 16%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(264, 13%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 13.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.29, 8.41, -11.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.29, 14.25, 306.17°)
OKLab	oklab(73.84% 0.0206 -0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(73.84% 0.037 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.4269, 39.7420, 54.2464)
Luminance	0.3974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA5BE #B4BEA5

analogous

#A5A8BE #AFA5BE #BCA5BE

triadic

#AFA5BE #BEAFA5 #A5BEAF

tetradic

#AFA5BE #BEA5A8 #B4BEA5 #A5BEBC

square

#AFA5BE #BEA5A8 #B4BEA5 #A5BEBC

split-complementary

#AFA5BE #BEBCA5 #A8BEA5

monochromatic

#716287 #8F81A4 #AFA5BE #CFC9D8 #EEECF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#AFA5BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#AFA5BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA5BE

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA5BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA5BE	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A9BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A9BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa5be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 165, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.037 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bfd1',
    500: '#afa5be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa5be;
$custom-light: #c7bfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa5be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 16.129,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73839,
    "c": 0.03718,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA5BE

secondary

#E0E3DC

accent

#9A4B7B

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA5BE

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

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