#AFA5CD#AFA5CD

#AFA5CD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.058 H 296.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA5CD
RGB	rgb(175, 165, 205)
HSL	hsl(255, 29%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(255, 20%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 19.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.78, 11.57, -19.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.78, 22.30, 301.27°)
OKLab	oklab(74.38% 0.0258 -0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(74.38% 0.058 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.1515, 40.4318, 63.3292)
Luminance	0.4043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA5CD #C3CDA5

analogous

#A5AFCD #AFA5CD #C3A5CD

triadic

#AFA5CD #CDAFA5 #A5CDAF

tetradic

#AFA5CD #CDA5AF #C3CDA5 #A5CDC3

square

#AFA5CD #CDA5AF #C3CDA5 #A5CDC3

split-complementary

#AFA5CD #CDC3A5 #AFCDA5

monochromatic

#6A589F #8C7EB7 #AFA5CD #D2CCE3 #EEEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#AFA5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#AFA5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA5CD

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA5CD	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DABCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAACC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAABB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 165, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.058 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bfdc',
    500: '#afa5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa5cd;
$custom-light: #c7bfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 28.571,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74383,
    "c": 0.05789,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA5CD

secondary

#E8EBE0

accent

#A73E8D

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F7FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA5CD

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

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