#AFA8BD#AFA8BD

#AFA8BD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.031 H 300.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA8BD
RGB	rgb(175, 168, 189)
HSL	hsl(260, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(260, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 11.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.03, 6.55, -9.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.03, 11.82, 303.67°)
OKLab	oklab(74.41% 0.0158 -0.0264)
OKLCH	oklch(74.41% 0.031 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.8654, 40.7933, 53.8553)
Luminance	0.4079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA8BD #B6BDA8

analogous

#A8ACBD #AFA8BD #B9A8BD

triadic

#AFA8BD #BDAFA8 #A8BDAF

tetradic

#AFA8BD #BDA8AC #B6BDA8 #A8BDB9

square

#AFA8BD #BDA8AC #B6BDA8 #A8BDB9

split-complementary

#AFA8BD #BDB9A8 #ACBDA8

monochromatic

#706585 #8F85A3 #AFA8BD #CFCBD7 #EFEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#AFA8BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#AFA8BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA8BD

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA8BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA8BD	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4ABBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ABBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADABAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa8bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 168, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.031 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c1d0',
    500: '#afa8bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa8bd;
$custom-light: #c7c1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa8bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 13.725,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7441,
    "c": 0.03077,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA8BD

secondary

#E1E3DD

accent

#984E7F

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA8BD

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

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