#AFA5CC#AFA5CC

#AFA5CC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.057 H 296.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA5CC
RGB	rgb(175, 165, 204)
HSL	hsl(255, 28%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(255, 19%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 19.1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.74, 11.35, -18.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.74, 21.76, 301.46°)
OKLab	oklab(74.35% 0.0254 -0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(74.35% 0.057 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.0312, 40.3837, 62.6955)
Luminance	0.4038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA5CC #C2CCA5

analogous

#A5AECC #AFA5CC #C3A5CC

triadic

#AFA5CC #CCAFA5 #A5CCAF

tetradic

#AFA5CC #CCA5AE #C2CCA5 #A5CCC3

square

#AFA5CC #CCA5AE #C2CCA5 #A5CCC3

split-complementary

#AFA5CC #CCC3A5 #AECCA5

monochromatic

#6B599D #8C7EB6 #AFA5CC #D2CCE2 #EEEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#AFA5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#AFA5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA5CC

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA5CC	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DABCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAACB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAABB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 165, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.057 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bfdb',
    500: '#afa5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa5cc;
$custom-light: #c7bfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.385,
    "s": 27.66,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74345,
    "c": 0.0565,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA5CC

secondary

#E8EAE1

accent

#A63F8C

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F7FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA5CC

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

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