#AFA6C8#AFA6C8

#AFA6C8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.049 H 297.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA6C8
RGB	rgb(175, 166, 200)
HSL	hsl(256, 24%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(256, 17%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.5%, 17%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.86, 9.94, -16.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.86, 18.98, 301.59°)
OKLab	oklab(74.4% 0.0226 -0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(74.4% 0.049 297.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.7386, 40.5564, 60.2616)
Luminance	0.4056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA6C8 #BFC8A6

analogous

#A6AEC8 #AFA6C8 #C0A6C8

triadic

#AFA6C8 #C8AFA6 #A6C8AF

tetradic

#AFA6C8 #C8A6AE #BFC8A6 #A6C8C0

square

#AFA6C8 #C8A6AE #BFC8A6 #A6C8C0

split-complementary

#AFA6C8 #C8C0A6 #AEC8A6

monochromatic

#6C5D97 #8D80B1 #AFA6C8 #D1CCDF #EEECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#AFA6C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#AFA6C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA6C8

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA6C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA6C8	1.00	2.30	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FABCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1AAC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABABB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa6c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 166, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.049 297.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c0d8',
    500: '#afa6c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa6c8;
$custom-light: #c7c0d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa6c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.882,
    "s": 23.611,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74396,
    "c": 0.0493,
    "h": 297.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA6C8

secondary

#E7E9E1

accent

#A24389

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F7FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA6C8

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

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