#AFA9BF#AFA9BF

#AFA9BF is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.032 H 298.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA9BF
RGB	rgb(175, 169, 191)
HSL	hsl(256, 15%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(256, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 11.5%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.35, 6.41, -10.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.35, 12.27, 301.49°)
OKLab	oklab(74.68% 0.015 -0.0281)
OKLCH	oklch(74.68% 0.032 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.2693, 41.2514, 55.0683)
Luminance	0.4125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA9BF #B9BFA9

analogous

#A9AEBF #AFA9BF #BAA9BF

triadic

#AFA9BF #BFAFA9 #A9BFAF

tetradic

#AFA9BF #BFA9AE #B9BFA9 #A9BFBA

square

#AFA9BF #BFA9AE #B9BFA9 #A9BFBA

split-complementary

#AFA9BF #BFBAA9 #AEBFA9

monochromatic

#6F6588 #8E86A5 #AFA9BF #D0CCD9 #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#AFA9BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#AFA9BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA9BF

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA9BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA9BF	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ACC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ACBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACACB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa9bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 169, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.032 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c2d2',
    500: '#afa9bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa9bf;
$custom-light: #c7c2d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa9bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.364,
    "s": 14.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74681,
    "c": 0.03189,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA9BF

secondary

#E3E5DF

accent

#994D84

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA9BF

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

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