#AFA9CA#AFA9CA

#AFA9CA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.047 H 293.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA9CA
RGB	rgb(175, 169, 202)
HSL	hsl(251, 24%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(251, 16%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 16.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.70, 8.71, -16.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.70, 18.22, 298.55°)
OKLab	oklab(75.07% 0.0189 -0.0434)
OKLCH	oklch(75.07% 0.047 293.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.5256, 41.7539, 61.6846)
Luminance	0.4175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA9CA #C4CAA9

analogous

#A9B3CA #AFA9CA #BFA9CA

triadic

#AFA9CA #CAAFA9 #A9CAAF

tetradic

#AFA9CA #CAA9B3 #C4CAA9 #A9CABF

square

#AFA9CA #CAA9B3 #C4CAA9 #A9CABF

split-complementary

#AFA9CA #CABFA9 #B3CAA9

monochromatic

#6A5F9A #8C83B3 #AFA9CA #D2CFE1 #EDECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#AFA9CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#AFA9CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA9CA

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA9CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA9CA	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2ADCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3ACC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAAEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa9ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 169, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.047 293.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c2da',
    500: '#afa9ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa9ca;
$custom-light: #c7c2da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa9ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.909,
    "s": 23.741,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75069,
    "c": 0.04733,
    "h": 293.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA9CA

secondary

#E8EAE1

accent

#A24391

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F7FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA9CA

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

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