#AFA7BE#AFA7BE

#AFA7BE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.034 H 301.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA7BE
RGB	rgb(175, 167, 190)
HSL	hsl(261, 15%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(261, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 12.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.80, 7.31, -10.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.80, 12.99, 304.25°)
OKLab	oklab(74.24% 0.0176 -0.0288)
OKLCH	oklch(74.24% 0.034 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.7905, 40.4691, 54.3676)
Luminance	0.4047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA7BE #B6BEA7

analogous

#A7AABE #AFA7BE #BBA7BE

triadic

#AFA7BE #BEAFA7 #A7BEAF

tetradic

#AFA7BE #BEA7AA #B6BEA7 #A7BEBB

square

#AFA7BE #BEA7AA #B6BEA7 #A7BEBB

split-complementary

#AFA7BE #BEBBA7 #AABEA7

monochromatic

#706487 #8F84A4 #AFA7BE #CFCAD8 #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#AFA7BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#AFA7BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA7BE

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA7BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA7BE	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AABF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AABD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADAAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa7be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 167, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.034 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c1d1',
    500: '#afa7be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa7be;
$custom-light: #c7c1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa7be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.87,
    "s": 15.033,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74242,
    "c": 0.0338,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA7BE

secondary

#E1E4DD

accent

#994C7E

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA7BE

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

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