#AFA9BC#AFA9BC

#AFA9BC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.028 H 300.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA9BC
RGB	rgb(175, 169, 188)
HSL	hsl(259, 12%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(259, 10%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 10.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.26, 5.80, -8.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.26, 10.66, 302.97°)
OKLab	oklab(74.58% 0.0139 -0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(74.58% 0.028 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.9426, 41.1207, 53.3473)
Luminance	0.4112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA9BC #B6BCA9

analogous

#A9ADBC #AFA9BC #B8A9BC

triadic

#AFA9BC #BCAFA9 #A9BCAF

tetradic

#AFA9BC #BCA9AD #B6BCA9 #A9BCB8

square

#AFA9BC #BCA9AD #B6BCA9 #A9BCB8

split-complementary

#AFA9BC #BCB8A9 #ADBCA9

monochromatic

#706784 #8F87A1 #AFA9BC #CFCBD7 #EFEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#AFA9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#AFA9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA9BC

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA9BC	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)

#A6ACBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ACBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADACAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 169, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.028 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c2d0',
    500: '#afa9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa9bc;
$custom-light: #c6c2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.947,
    "s": 12.418,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74579,
    "c": 0.02773,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA9BC

secondary

#E1E3DE

accent

#974F80

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA9BC

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

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