#AFA9DC#AFA9DC

#AFA9DC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.073 H 289.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA9DC
RGB	rgb(175, 169, 220)
HSL	hsl(247, 42%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(247, 23%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.5%, 23.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.32, 12.68, -24.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.32, 27.99, 296.95°)
OKLab	oklab(75.76% 0.0248 -0.0684)
OKLCH	oklch(75.76% 0.073 289.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.7824, 42.6566, 73.5705)
Luminance	0.4266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA9DC #D6DCA9

analogous

#A9BDDC #AFA9DC #C9A9DC

triadic

#AFA9DC #DCAFA9 #A9DCAF

tetradic

#AFA9DC #DCA9BD #D6DCA9 #A9DCC9

square

#AFA9DC #DCA9BD #D6DCA9 #A9DCC9

split-complementary

#AFA9DC #DCC9A9 #BDDCA9

monochromatic

#5E52B9 #877ECA #AFA9DC #D7D4EE #EBE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#AFA9DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#AFA9DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA9DC

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA9DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA9DC	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB0DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAEDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6B1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 169, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.073 289.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c2e7',
    500: '#afa9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa9dc;
$custom-light: #c7c2e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.059,
    "s": 42.149,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75756,
    "c": 0.07275,
    "h": 289.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA9DC

secondary

#EBEDDE

accent

#B530A6

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA9DC

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

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