#AFA9BB#AFA9BB

#AFA9BB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.026 H 300.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA9BB
RGB	rgb(175, 169, 187)
HSL	hsl(260, 12%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(260, 10%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 9.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.23, 5.60, -8.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.23, 10.13, 303.58°)
OKLab	oklab(74.55% 0.0135 -0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(74.55% 0.026 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.8352, 41.0777, 52.7816)
Luminance	0.4108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA9BB #B5BBA9

analogous

#A9ACBB #AFA9BB #B8A9BB

triadic

#AFA9BB #BBAFA9 #A9BBAF

tetradic

#AFA9BB #BBA9AC #B5BBA9 #A9BBB8

square

#AFA9BB #BBA9AC #B5BBA9 #A9BBB8

split-complementary

#AFA9BB #BBB8A9 #ACBBA9

monochromatic

#706782 #8F87A0 #AFA9BB #CFCBD6 #EFEDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#AFA9BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#AFA9BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA9BB

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA9BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA9BB	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ACBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ACBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADABAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa9bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 169, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.026 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c2cf',
    500: '#afa9bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa9bb;
$custom-light: #c6c2cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa9bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 11.688,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74546,
    "c": 0.02635,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA9BB

secondary

#E1E2DD

accent

#96507E

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA9BB

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

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