#AFA8BA#AFA8BA

#AFA8BA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.027 H 303.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA8BA
RGB	rgb(175, 168, 186)
HSL	hsl(263, 12%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(263, 10%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 9.7%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.94, 5.95, -8.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.94, 10.23, 305.59°)
OKLab	oklab(74.31% 0.0147 -0.0223)
OKLCH	oklch(74.31% 0.027 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.5432, 40.6644, 52.1580)
Luminance	0.4066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA8BA #B3BAA8

analogous

#A8AABA #AFA8BA #B8A8BA

triadic

#AFA8BA #BAAFA8 #A8BAAF

tetradic

#AFA8BA #BAA8AA #B3BAA8 #A8BAB8

square

#AFA8BA #BAA8AA #B3BAA8 #A8BAB8

split-complementary

#AFA8BA #BAB8A8 #AABAA8

monochromatic

#716681 #90869F #AFA8BA #CECAD5 #EEECF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#AFA8BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#AFA8BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA8BA

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA8BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA8BA	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ABBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ABB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADAAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa8ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 168, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.027 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c1ce',
    500: '#afa8ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa8ba;
$custom-light: #c6c1ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa8ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.333,
    "s": 11.538,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74309,
    "c": 0.02666,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA8BA

secondary

#DFE1DC

accent

#96507A

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA8BA

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

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