#AFA9BD#AFA9BD

#AFA9BD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.029 H 299.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA9BD
RGB	rgb(175, 169, 189)
HSL	hsl(258, 13%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(258, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 10.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.29, 6.00, -9.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.29, 11.20, 302.43°)
OKLab	oklab(74.61% 0.0143 -0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(74.61% 0.029 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.0508, 41.1640, 53.9170)
Luminance	0.4116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA9BD #B7BDA9

analogous

#A9ADBD #AFA9BD #B9A9BD

triadic

#AFA9BD #BDAFA9 #A9BDAF

tetradic

#AFA9BD #BDA9AD #B7BDA9 #A9BDB9

square

#AFA9BD #BDA9AD #B7BDA9 #A9BDB9

split-complementary

#AFA9BD #BDB9A9 #ADBDA9

monochromatic

#706685 #8F86A2 #AFA9BD #CFCCD8 #EFEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#AFA9BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#AFA9BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA9BD

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA9BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA9BD	1.00	2.27	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ACBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ACBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADACAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa9bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 169, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.029 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c2d0',
    500: '#afa9bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa9bd;
$custom-light: #c6c2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa9bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258,
    "s": 13.158,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74613,
    "c": 0.02911,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA9BD

secondary

#E2E4DE

accent

#974E81

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA9BD

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

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