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#AF89CC — Light Muted Purple

#AF89CC is a purple color we call Light Muted Purple, closest to the named color DarkGray (#A9A9A9). It belongs to the purple family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: darkgray (#A9A9A9) — not an exact match. CSS darkgray gives you #A9A9A9, a different color; use #AF89CC when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#AF89CC is a cool purple color associated with luxury, creativity and mystery. It sits comfortably in the middle: usable for large areas in soft schemes, or as a supporting color beside something stronger.

Its strongest partner is its complement #A6CD89; it also sits naturally between #8E89CD and #CD89C8. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AF89CC · RGB 175, 137, 204

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Color values

HEX#AF89CC
RGB175, 137, 204
HSL274°, 40%, 67%
HSV274°, 33%, 80%
CMYK14%, 33%, 0%, 20%
XYZ37.52, 31.36, 61.20
Yxy31.36, 0.2884, 0.2411
CIE-Lab62.81, 27.08, -29.17
Hunter Lab56.00, 24.97, -29.74

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 69% · Green 54% · Blue 80%

Cyan 14% · Magenta 33% · Yellow 0% · Key 20%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #AF89CC on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #AF89CC on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #AF89CC

.text { color: #AF89CC; }
.background { background-color: #AF89CC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AF89CC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(175, 137, 204); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(274, 40%, 67%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AF89CC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(175, 137, 204, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AF89CC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(175, 137, 204, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AF89CC">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AF89CC">Div content here</div>

Shades of #AF89CC

#A174C3#905BB9#8149AB#714096#613781#4E2C68#3E2352#2E1A3D#1B0F24#0B060E

Tints of #AF89CC

#B794D1#BE9FD6#C5A9DA#CCB4DF#D4BFE3#D8C6E7#E0D1EB#E7DBF0#EEE6F4#F5F1F9

Tones of #AF89CC

#AF8EC7#AE92C3#AD97BE#AD9DB9#ACA2B4#ACA6B0

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A6CD89:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.89:1 Fails
Against black text7.27:1 AAA

Best text color on #AF89CC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AF89CC

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #AF89CC: ·

How #AF89CC looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #9F9EBCDeuteranopia · #A1A4B8Tritanopia · #ADAFAC

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Material Grey 500 · #9E9E9ETailwind purple 500 · #A855F7Tailwind violet 500 · #8B5CF6

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #AF89CC rather than the exact color:

Honey Ruby Garden
#AF88C9 · #975ABE · #61377C · #3A2249
Palette Ffe6e6
#FFE6E6 · #E1AFD1 · #AD88C6 · #7469B6
Palette 7469b6
#7469B6 · #AD88C6 · #E1AFD1 · #FFE6E6
Gentle Ruby Terrace
#636DD0 · #A986D0 · #AB4BA6 · #892E51
Palette 756ab6
#756AB6 · #AC87C5 · #E0AED0 · #FFE5E5
Golden Meadow
#AF92CA · #CB93B8 · #C8A8A2 · #CACA91

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#AF88C9#AD88C6#A986D0#AC87C5#AF92CA#B690CC#A692CD#BC8BCC#BB8ED0#BA90C6#A491D1#A283CF

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AF89CB  ·  #AF89CD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AF89CC?

#AF89CC is Light Muted Purple, a purple color (RGB 175, 137, 204). Its closest standard named color is DarkGray.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AF89CC?

#AF89CC is RGB 175, 137, 204 — HSL 274°, 40%, 67% — CMYK 14%, 33%, 0%, 20%.

What colors go with #AF89CC?

Its complement is #A6CD89; analogous partners are #8E89CD and #CD89C8. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AF89CC for text?

Black text on #AF89CC has a contrast ratio of 7.27:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.89:1.