#AFA6BD#AFA6BD

#AFA6BD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.034 H 303.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA6BD
RGB	rgb(175, 166, 189)
HSL	hsl(263, 15%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(263, 12%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 12.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.51, 7.66, -10.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.51, 13.09, 305.81°)
OKLab	oklab(74.01% 0.0187 -0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(74.01% 0.034 303.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.4990, 40.0605, 53.7331)
Luminance	0.4006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA6BD #B4BDA6

analogous

#A6A9BD #AFA6BD #BBA6BD

triadic

#AFA6BD #BDAFA6 #A6BDAF

tetradic

#AFA6BD #BDA6A9 #B4BDA6 #A6BDBB

square

#AFA6BD #BDA6A9 #B4BDA6 #A6BDBB

split-complementary

#AFA6BD #BDBBA6 #A9BDA6

monochromatic

#716386 #8F83A3 #AFA6BD #CFC9D7 #EEECF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#AFA6BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#AFA6BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA6BD

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA6BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA6BD	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AABC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa6bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 166, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.034 303.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c0d0',
    500: '#afa6bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa6bd;
$custom-light: #c7c0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa6bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.478,
    "s": 14.839,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74006,
    "c": 0.03413,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA6BD

secondary

#E0E3DC

accent

#994C7B

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA6BD

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

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