#AFA8BC#AFA8BC

#AFA8BC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.029 H 301.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA8BC
RGB	rgb(175, 168, 188)
HSL	hsl(261, 13%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(261, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 10.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.00, 6.35, -9.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.00, 11.29, 304.24°)
OKLab	oklab(74.38% 0.0154 -0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(74.38% 0.029 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.7573, 40.7501, 53.2856)
Luminance	0.4075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA8BC #B5BCA8

analogous

#A8ABBC #AFA8BC #B9A8BC

triadic

#AFA8BC #BCAFA8 #A8BCAF

tetradic

#AFA8BC #BCA8AB #B5BCA8 #A8BCB9

square

#AFA8BC #BCA8AB #B5BCA8 #A8BCB9

split-complementary

#AFA8BC #BCB9A8 #ABBCA8

monochromatic

#706684 #8F85A1 #AFA8BC #CFCBD7 #EFEDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#AFA8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#AFA8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA8BC

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA8BC	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ABBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ABBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADABAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 168, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.029 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c1d0',
    500: '#afa8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa8bc;
$custom-light: #c6c1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261,
    "s": 12.987,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74376,
    "c": 0.0294,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA8BC

secondary

#E1E3DD

accent

#974E7E

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA8BC

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

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