#AFA6CE#AFA6CE

#AFA6CE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.058 H 295.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA6CE
RGB	rgb(175, 166, 206)
HSL	hsl(254, 29%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(254, 19%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 19.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.07, 11.23, -19.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.07, 22.22, 300.37°)
OKLab	oklab(74.62% 0.0246 -0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(74.62% 0.058 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.4536, 40.8424, 64.0273)
Luminance	0.4084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA6CE #C5CEA6

analogous

#A6B1CE #AFA6CE #C3A6CE

triadic

#AFA6CE #CEAFA6 #A6CEAF

tetradic

#AFA6CE #CEA6B1 #C5CEA6 #A6CEC3

square

#AFA6CE #CEA6B1 #C5CEA6 #A6CEC3

split-complementary

#AFA6CE #CEC3A6 #B1CEA6

monochromatic

#6959A1 #8C7FB8 #AFA6CE #D2CDE4 #EDEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#AFA6CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#AFA6CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA6CE

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA6CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA6CE	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EACD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FABCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9ACB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa6ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 166, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.058 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c0dd',
    500: '#afa6ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa6ce;
$custom-light: #c7c0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa6ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.5,
    "s": 28.986,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74619,
    "c": 0.05769,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA6CE

secondary

#E8EBE0

accent

#A83E90

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F7FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA6CE

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

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