#AFA8CC#AFA8CC

#AFA8CC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.052 H 294.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA8CC
RGB	rgb(175, 168, 204)
HSL	hsl(252, 26%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(252, 18%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 17.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.51, 9.69, -17.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.51, 19.91, 299.12°)
OKLab	oklab(74.94% 0.0211 -0.0472)
OKLCH	oklch(74.94% 0.052 294)
XYZ	xyz(42.5786, 41.4786, 62.8780)
Luminance	0.4148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA8CC #C5CCA8

analogous

#A8B3CC #AFA8CC #C1A8CC

triadic

#AFA8CC #CCAFA8 #A8CCAF

tetradic

#AFA8CC #CCA8B3 #C5CCA8 #A8CCC1

square

#AFA8CC #CCA8B3 #C5CCA8 #A8CCC1

split-complementary

#AFA8CC #CCC1A8 #B3CCA8

monochromatic

#695C9D #8C81B5 #AFA8CC #D2CFE3 #EDECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#AFA8CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#AFA8CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA8CC

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA8CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA8CC	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ADCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ACCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAADB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa8cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 168, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.052 294.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c1db',
    500: '#afa8cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa8cc;
$custom-light: #c7c1db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa8cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.667,
    "s": 26.087,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74942,
    "c": 0.05171,
    "h": 294
  },
  "luminance": 0.41479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA8CC

secondary

#E8EAE1

accent

#A54191

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F7FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA8CC

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

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