#AFA8CD#AFA8CD

#AFA8CD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.053 H 293.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA8CD
RGB	rgb(175, 168, 205)
HSL	hsl(251, 27%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(251, 18%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 18%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.54, 9.91, -17.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.54, 20.45, 298.97°)
OKLab	oklab(74.98% 0.0214 -0.0486)
OKLCH	oklch(74.98% 0.053 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.6989, 41.5267, 63.5117)
Luminance	0.4153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA8CD #C6CDA8

analogous

#A8B3CD #AFA8CD #C1A8CD

triadic

#AFA8CD #CDAFA8 #A8CDAF

tetradic

#AFA8CD #CDA8B3 #C6CDA8 #A8CDC1

square

#AFA8CD #CDA8B3 #C6CDA8 #A8CDC1

split-complementary

#AFA8CD #CDC1A8 #B3CDA8

monochromatic

#685B9F #8B81B7 #AFA8CD #D3CFE3 #EDECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#AFA8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#AFA8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA8CD

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA8CD	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ADCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ACCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9AEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 168, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.053 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c1dc',
    500: '#afa8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa8cd;
$custom-light: #c7c1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.351,
    "s": 27.007,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74979,
    "c": 0.05312,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA8CD

secondary

#E8EAE1

accent

#A64092

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F7FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA8CD

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

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