#AFA9CB#AFA9CB

#AFA9CB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.049 H 293.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA9CB
RGB	rgb(175, 169, 203)
HSL	hsl(251, 25%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(251, 17%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 16.7%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.73, 8.92, -16.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.73, 18.76, 298.40°)
OKLab	oklab(75.11% 0.0193 -0.0448)
OKLCH	oklch(75.11% 0.049 293.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.6444, 41.8014, 62.3102)
Luminance	0.4180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA9CB #C5CBA9

analogous

#A9B4CB #AFA9CB #C0A9CB

triadic

#AFA9CB #CBAFA9 #A9CBAF

tetradic

#AFA9CB #CBA9B4 #C5CBA9 #A9CBC0

square

#AFA9CB #CBA9B4 #C5CBA9 #A9CBC0

split-complementary

#AFA9CB #CBC0A9 #B4CBA9

monochromatic

#695E9C #8C83B4 #AFA9CB #D2CFE2 #EDECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#AFA9CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#AFA9CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA9CB

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA9CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA9CB	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2ADCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ACCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAAEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa9cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 169, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.049 293.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c2da',
    500: '#afa9cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa9cb;
$custom-light: #c7c2da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa9cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.588,
    "s": 24.638,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75105,
    "c": 0.04874,
    "h": 293.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA9CB

secondary

#E8EAE1

accent

#A34292

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F7FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA9CB

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

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