#AFA8CB#AFA8CB

#AFA8CB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.050 H 294.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA8CB
RGB	rgb(175, 168, 203)
HSL	hsl(252, 25%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(252, 17%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 17.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.48, 9.48, -16.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.48, 19.37, 299.29°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% 0.0207 -0.0458)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.05 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.4591, 41.4308, 62.2484)
Luminance	0.4143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA8CB #C4CBA8

analogous

#A8B2CB #AFA8CB #C0A8CB

triadic

#AFA8CB #CBAFA8 #A8CBAF

tetradic

#AFA8CB #CBA8B2 #C4CBA8 #A8CBC0

square

#AFA8CB #CBA8B2 #C4CBA8 #A8CBC0

split-complementary

#AFA8CB #CBC0A8 #B2CBA8

monochromatic

#6A5D9C #8C82B4 #AFA8CB #D2CEE2 #EDECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#AFA8CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#AFA8CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA8CB

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA8CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA8CB	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1ADCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ACCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAADB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa8cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 168, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.050 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c1da',
    500: '#afa8cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa8cb;
$custom-light: #c7c1da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa8cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 25.18,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74905,
    "c": 0.05031,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA8CB

secondary

#E8EAE1

accent

#A44290

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F7FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA8CB

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

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