#AFA9CD#AFA9CD

#AFA9CD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.052 H 292.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA9CD
RGB	rgb(175, 169, 205)
HSL	hsl(250, 26%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(250, 18%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 17.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.80, 9.35, -17.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.80, 19.85, 298.12°)
OKLab	oklab(75.18% 0.02 -0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(75.18% 0.052 292.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.8843, 41.8974, 63.5735)
Luminance	0.4190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA9CD #C7CDA9

analogous

#A9B5CD #AFA9CD #C1A9CD

triadic

#AFA9CD #CDAFA9 #A9CDAF

tetradic

#AFA9CD #CDA9B5 #C7CDA9 #A9CDC1

square

#AFA9CD #CDA9B5 #C7CDA9 #A9CDC1

split-complementary

#AFA9CD #CDC1A9 #B5CDA9

monochromatic

#685C9F #8B82B6 #AFA9CD #D3D0E3 #EDECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#AFA9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#AFA9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA9CD

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA9CD	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1AECF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ADCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9AEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 169, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.052 292.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c2dc',
    500: '#afa9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa9cd;
$custom-light: #c7c2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 26.471,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75179,
    "c": 0.05157,
    "h": 292.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA9CD

secondary

#E9EAE1

accent

#A54094

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F7FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA9CD

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

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