#AFA5AB#AFA5AB

#AFA5AB is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.014 H 340.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA5AB
RGB	rgb(175, 165, 171)
HSL	hsl(324, 6%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(324, 6%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 2.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.73, 4.70, -1.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.73, 5.04, 339.05°)
OKLab	oklab(73.22% 0.0134 -0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(73.22% 0.014 340.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.4840, 38.9648, 44.0138)
Luminance	0.3896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA5AB #A5AFA9

analogous

#AEA5AF #AFA5AB #AFA5A6

triadic

#AFA5AB #ABAFA5 #A5ABAF

tetradic

#AFA5AB #AFAEA5 #A5AFA9 #A5A6AF

square

#AFA5AB #AFAEA5 #A5AFA9 #A5A6AF

split-complementary

#AFA5AB #A6AFA5 #A5AFAE

monochromatic

#73666E #92858D #AFA5AB #CCC5C9 #E9E6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#AFA5AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#AFA5AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA5AB

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA5AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA5AB	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A7AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A8AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa5ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 165, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.014 340.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bfc4',
    500: '#afa5ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa5ab;
$custom-light: #c6bfc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa5ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 324,
    "s": 5.882,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73217,
    "c": 0.01424,
    "h": 340.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA5AB

secondary

#D6DAD8

accent

#906D56

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA5AB

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

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