#AFA8BE#AFA8BE

#AFA8BE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.032 H 300.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA8BE
RGB	rgb(175, 168, 190)
HSL	hsl(259, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(259, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 11.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.06, 6.76, -10.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.06, 12.36, 303.15°)
OKLab	oklab(74.44% 0.0161 -0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(74.44% 0.032 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.9744, 40.8369, 54.4289)
Luminance	0.4084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA8BE #B7BEA8

analogous

#A8ACBE #AFA8BE #BAA8BE

triadic

#AFA8BE #BEAFA8 #A8BEAF

tetradic

#AFA8BE #BEA8AC #B7BEA8 #A8BEBA

square

#AFA8BE #BEA8AC #B7BEA8 #A8BEBA

split-complementary

#AFA8BE #BEBAA8 #ACBEA8

monochromatic

#706587 #8F85A4 #AFA8BE #CFCBD8 #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#AFA8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#AFA8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA8BE

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA8BE	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4ABBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ABBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADABAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 168, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.032 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c1d1',
    500: '#afa8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa8be;
$custom-light: #c7c1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.091,
    "s": 14.474,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74444,
    "c": 0.03214,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA8BE

secondary

#E2E4DE

accent

#994D81

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA8BE

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

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