#AFAEC9#AFAEC9

#AFAEC9 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.038 H 287.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAEC9
RGB	rgb(175, 174, 201)
HSL	hsl(242, 20%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(242, 13%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 13.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.96, 5.74, -13.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.96, 14.72, 292.97°)
OKLab	oklab(76.04% 0.0113 -0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(76.04% 0.038 287.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.3556, 43.6028, 61.3790)
Luminance	0.4360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAEC9 #C8C9AE

analogous

#AEBAC9 #AFAEC9 #BCAEC9

triadic

#AFAEC9 #C9AFAE #AEC9AF

tetradic

#AFAEC9 #C9AEBA #C8C9AE #AEC9BC

square

#AFAEC9 #C9AEBA #C8C9AE #AEC9BC

split-complementary

#AFAEC9 #C9BCAE #BAC9AE

monochromatic

#676598 #8B89B1 #AFAEC9 #D3D3E1 #EDEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#AFAEC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#AFAEC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAEC9

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAEC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAEC9	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B1CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B0C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAB2B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afaec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 174, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.038 287.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c6d9',
    500: '#afaec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afaec9;
$custom-light: #c7c6d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afaec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.222,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76041,
    "c": 0.03836,
    "h": 287.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAEC9

secondary

#E9E9E2

accent

#9E479B

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FA

border

#D1D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAEC9

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

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