#AFA6BE#AFA6BE

#AFA6BE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.035 H 302.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA6BE
RGB	rgb(175, 166, 190)
HSL	hsl(263, 16%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(263, 13%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 12.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.54, 7.86, -11.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.54, 13.62, 305.26°)
OKLab	oklab(74.04% 0.0191 -0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(74.04% 0.035 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.6080, 40.1041, 54.3068)
Luminance	0.4010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA6BE #B5BEA6

analogous

#A6A9BE #AFA6BE #BBA6BE

triadic

#AFA6BE #BEAFA6 #A6BEAF

tetradic

#AFA6BE #BEA6A9 #B5BEA6 #A6BEBB

square

#AFA6BE #BEA6A9 #B5BEA6 #A6BEBB

split-complementary

#AFA6BE #BEBBA6 #A9BEA6

monochromatic

#706387 #8F83A4 #AFA6BE #CFC9D8 #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#AFA6BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#AFA6BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA6BE

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA6BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA6BE	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AABF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AABD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa6be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 166, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.035 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c0d1',
    500: '#afa6be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa6be;
$custom-light: #c7c0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa6be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.5,
    "s": 15.584,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7404,
    "c": 0.03548,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA6BE

secondary

#E1E3DD

accent

#9A4C7D

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA6BE

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

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