#AFA5CE#AFA5CE

#AFA5CE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.059 H 296.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA5CE
RGB	rgb(175, 165, 206)
HSL	hsl(255, 29%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(255, 20%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 19.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.81, 11.79, -19.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.81, 22.84, 301.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.42% 0.0261 -0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(74.42% 0.059 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.2726, 40.4802, 63.9670)
Luminance	0.4048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA5CE #C4CEA5

analogous

#A5AFCE #AFA5CE #C3A5CE

triadic

#AFA5CE #CEAFA5 #A5CEAF

tetradic

#AFA5CE #CEA5AF #C4CEA5 #A5CEC3

square

#AFA5CE #CEA5AF #C4CEA5 #A5CEC3

split-complementary

#AFA5CE #CEC3A5 #AFCEA5

monochromatic

#6A58A1 #8C7DB8 #AFA5CE #D2CDE4 #EDEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#AFA5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#AFA5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA5CE

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA5CE	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DABD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAACD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9ABB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 165, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.059 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bfdd',
    500: '#afa5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa5ce;
$custom-light: #c7bfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.634,
    "s": 29.496,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74421,
    "c": 0.05929,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA5CE

secondary

#E8EBE0

accent

#A83D8E

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F7FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA5CE

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

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