#AFA8CE#AFA8CE

#AFA8CE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.055 H 293.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA8CE
RGB	rgb(175, 168, 206)
HSL	hsl(251, 28%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(251, 18%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 18.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.58, 10.12, -18.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.58, 21.00, 298.83°)
OKLab	oklab(75.02% 0.0217 -0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(75.02% 0.055 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.8200, 41.5752, 64.1494)
Luminance	0.4158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA8CE #C7CEA8

analogous

#A8B4CE #AFA8CE #C2A8CE

triadic

#AFA8CE #CEAFA8 #A8CEAF

tetradic

#AFA8CE #CEA8B4 #C7CEA8 #A8CEC2

square

#AFA8CE #CEA8B4 #C7CEA8 #A8CEC2

split-complementary

#AFA8CE #CEC2A8 #B4CEA8

monochromatic

#685BA1 #8B81B8 #AFA8CE #D3CFE4 #EDEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#AFA8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#AFA8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA8CE

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA8CE	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ADD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ACCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9AEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 168, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.055 293.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c1dd',
    500: '#afa8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa8ce;
$custom-light: #c7c1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.053,
    "s": 27.941,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75016,
    "c": 0.05453,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA8CE

secondary

#E9EAE1

accent

#A73F93

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F7FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA8CE

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

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