#AFA5BF#AFA5BF

#AFA5BF is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.039 H 302.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA5BF
RGB	rgb(175, 165, 191)
HSL	hsl(263, 17%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(263, 14%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 13.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.32, 8.62, -12.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.32, 14.78, 305.65°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% 0.0209 -0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.039 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.5366, 39.7858, 54.8240)
Luminance	0.3979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA5BF #B5BFA5

analogous

#A5A8BF #AFA5BF #BCA5BF

triadic

#AFA5BF #BFAFA5 #A5BFAF

tetradic

#AFA5BF #BFA5A8 #B5BFA5 #A5BFBC

square

#AFA5BF #BFA5A8 #B5BFA5 #A5BFBC

split-complementary

#AFA5BF #BFBCA5 #A8BFA5

monochromatic

#706189 #8F81A6 #AFA5BF #CFC9D8 #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#AFA5BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#AFA5BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA5BF

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA5BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA5BF	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A9C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A9BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa5bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 165, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.039 302.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bfd2',
    500: '#afa5bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa5bf;
$custom-light: #c7bfd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa5bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.077,
    "s": 16.883,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73874,
    "c": 0.03854,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA5BF

secondary

#E1E4DC

accent

#9B4A7C

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA5BF

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

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