#AFAEC8#AFAEC8

#AFAEC8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.037 H 287.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAEC8
RGB	rgb(175, 174, 200)
HSL	hsl(242, 19%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(242, 13%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.5%, 13%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.93, 5.53, -13.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.93, 14.18, 292.97°)
OKLab	oklab(76.01% 0.011 -0.0353)
OKLCH	oklch(76.01% 0.037 287.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.2384, 43.5559, 60.7615)
Luminance	0.4356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAEC8 #C7C8AE

analogous

#AEBAC8 #AFAEC8 #BCAEC8

triadic

#AFAEC8 #C8AFAE #AEC8AF

tetradic

#AFAEC8 #C8AEBA #C7C8AE #AEC8BC

square

#AFAEC8 #C8AEBA #C7C8AE #AEC8BC

split-complementary

#AFAEC8 #C8BCAE #BAC8AE

monochromatic

#686696 #8B8AAF #AFAEC8 #D3D2E1 #EDEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#AFAEC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#AFAEC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAEC8

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAEC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAEC8	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B1C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B0C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAB2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afaec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 174, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.037 287.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c6d8',
    500: '#afaec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afaec8;
$custom-light: #c7c6d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afaec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.308,
    "s": 19.118,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76006,
    "c": 0.03693,
    "h": 287.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAEC8

secondary

#E9E9E2

accent

#9D489A

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FA

border

#D1D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAEC8

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

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