#AFA8BB#AFA8BB

#AFA8BB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.028 H 302.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA8BB
RGB	rgb(175, 168, 187)
HSL	hsl(262, 12%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(262, 10%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 10.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.97, 6.15, -8.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.97, 10.76, 304.88°)
OKLab	oklab(74.34% 0.015 -0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(74.34% 0.028 302.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.6498, 40.7071, 52.7198)
Luminance	0.4071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA8BB #B4BBA8

analogous

#A8ABBB #AFA8BB #B9A8BB

triadic

#AFA8BB #BBAFA8 #A8BBAF

tetradic

#AFA8BB #BBA8AB #B4BBA8 #A8BBB9

square

#AFA8BB #BBA8AB #B4BBA8 #A8BBB9

split-complementary

#AFA8BB #BBB9A8 #ABBBA8

monochromatic

#716683 #8F86A0 #AFA8BB #CFCAD6 #EEEDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#AFA8BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#AFA8BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA8BB

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA8BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA8BB	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ABBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ABBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADAAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa8bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 168, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.028 302.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c1cf',
    500: '#afa8bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa8bb;
$custom-light: #c6c1cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa8bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.105,
    "s": 12.258,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74343,
    "c": 0.02802,
    "h": 302.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA8BB

secondary

#E0E2DD

accent

#964F7C

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA8BB

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

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