#AFA8BF#AFA8BF

#AFA8BF is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.034 H 299.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA8BF
RGB	rgb(175, 168, 191)
HSL	hsl(258, 15%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(258, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 12%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.09, 6.96, -10.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.09, 12.89, 302.68°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% 0.0165 -0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.034 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.0840, 40.8808, 55.0065)
Luminance	0.4088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA8BF #B8BFA8

analogous

#A8ACBF #AFA8BF #BAA8BF

triadic

#AFA8BF #BFAFA8 #A8BFAF

tetradic

#AFA8BF #BFA8AC #B8BFA8 #A8BFBA

square

#AFA8BF #BFA8AC #B8BFA8 #A8BFBA

split-complementary

#AFA8BF #BFBAA8 #ACBFA8

monochromatic

#6F6488 #8F85A5 #AFA8BF #CFCBD9 #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#AFA8BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#AFA8BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA8BF

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA8BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA8BF	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4ABC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ABBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACABAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa8bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 168, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.034 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c1d2',
    500: '#afa8bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa8bf;
$custom-light: #c7c1d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa8bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.261,
    "s": 15.232,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74478,
    "c": 0.03353,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA8BF

secondary

#E3E5DE

accent

#994C82

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA8BF

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

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