#AFB8CA#AFB8CA

#AFB8CA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.027 H 264.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFB8CA
RGB	rgb(175, 184, 202)
HSL	hsl(220, 20%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(220, 13%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 8.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.61, 0.52, -10.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.61, 10.15, 272.91°)
OKLab	oklab(78.12% -0.0027 -0.0274)
OKLCH	oklch(78.12% 0.027 264.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.4779, 47.6586, 62.6687)
Luminance	0.4766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFB8CA #CAC1AF

analogous

#AFC6CA #AFB8CA #B4AFCA

triadic

#AFB8CA #CAAFB8 #B8CAAF

tetradic

#AFB8CA #CAAFC6 #CAC1AF #AFCAB4

square

#AFB8CA #CAAFC6 #CAC1AF #AFCAB4

split-complementary

#AFB8CA #CAB4AF #C6CAAF

monochromatic

#657799 #8A97B2 #AFB8CA #D4D9E2 #EDEFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#AFB8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#AFB8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFB8CA

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFB8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFB8CA	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B9CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B6CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9BBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afb8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 184, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.027 264.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7cdda',
    500: '#afb8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afb8ca;
$custom-light: #c7cdda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afb8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 20.301,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78124,
    "c": 0.02749,
    "h": 264.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFB8CA

secondary

#E9E7E2

accent

#81479F

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F9FA

border

#D1D2D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFB8CA

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

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