#AFA9BA#AFA9BA

#AFA9BA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.025 H 301.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA9BA
RGB	rgb(175, 169, 186)
HSL	hsl(261, 11%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(261, 9%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 9.1%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.20, 5.40, -7.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.20, 9.59, 304.26°)
OKLab	oklab(74.51% 0.0132 -0.0212)
OKLCH	oklch(74.51% 0.025 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.7285, 41.0351, 52.2197)
Luminance	0.4103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA9BA #B4BAA9

analogous

#A9ACBA #AFA9BA #B8A9BA

triadic

#AFA9BA #BAAFA9 #A9BAAF

tetradic

#AFA9BA #BAA9AC #B4BAA9 #A9BAB8

square

#AFA9BA #BAA9AC #B4BAA9 #A9BAB8

split-complementary

#AFA9BA #BAB8A9 #ACBAA9

monochromatic

#716881 #8F879F #AFA9BA #CFCBD5 #EEEDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#AFA9BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#AFA9BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA9BA

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA9BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA9BA	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ABBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ACB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADABAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa9ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 169, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.025 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c2ce',
    500: '#afa9ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa9ba;
$custom-light: #c6c2ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa9ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.176,
    "s": 10.968,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74513,
    "c": 0.02498,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA9BA

secondary

#E0E2DD

accent

#95507D

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA9BA

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

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