#AFA9BE#AFA9BE

#AFA9BE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.030 H 298.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA9BE
RGB	rgb(175, 169, 190)
HSL	hsl(257, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(257, 11%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 11.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.32, 6.21, -9.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.32, 11.73, 301.94°)
OKLab	oklab(74.65% 0.0147 -0.0267)
OKLCH	oklch(74.65% 0.031 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.1597, 41.2075, 54.4907)
Luminance	0.4121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA9BE #B8BEA9

analogous

#A9ADBE #AFA9BE #B9A9BE

triadic

#AFA9BE #BEAFA9 #A9BEAF

tetradic

#AFA9BE #BEA9AD #B8BEA9 #A9BEB9

square

#AFA9BE #BEA9AD #B8BEA9 #A9BEB9

split-complementary

#AFA9BE #BEB9A9 #ADBEA9

monochromatic

#6F6687 #8F86A4 #AFA9BE #CFCCD8 #EFEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#AFA9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#AFA9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA9BE

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA9BE	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ACBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ACBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADACB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 169, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.030 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c2d1',
    500: '#afa9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa9be;
$custom-light: #c7c2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 13.907,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74647,
    "c": 0.0305,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA9BE

secondary

#E3E4DF

accent

#984D83

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA9BE

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

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