#AFA9CC#AFA9CC

#AFA9CC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.050 H 293.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA9CC
RGB	rgb(175, 169, 204)
HSL	hsl(250, 26%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(250, 17%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 17.2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.77, 9.14, -17.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.77, 19.31, 298.25°)
OKLab	oklab(75.14% 0.0196 -0.0462)
OKLCH	oklch(75.14% 0.05 293)
XYZ	xyz(42.7639, 41.8492, 62.9398)
Luminance	0.4185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA9CC #C6CCA9

analogous

#A9B4CC #AFA9CC #C0A9CC

triadic

#AFA9CC #CCAFA9 #A9CCAF

tetradic

#AFA9CC #CCA9B4 #C6CCA9 #A9CCC0

square

#AFA9CC #CCA9B4 #C6CCA9 #A9CCC0

split-complementary

#AFA9CC #CCC0A9 #B4CCA9

monochromatic

#685D9D #8B83B5 #AFA9CC #D3CFE3 #EDECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#AFA9CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#AFA9CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA9CC

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA9CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA9CC	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ADCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAAEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa9cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 169, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.050 293.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c2db',
    500: '#afa9cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa9cc;
$custom-light: #c7c2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa9cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.286,
    "s": 25.547,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75142,
    "c": 0.05015,
    "h": 293
  },
  "luminance": 0.4185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA9CC

secondary

#E8EAE1

accent

#A44193

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F7FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA9CC

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

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