#AFA5AF#AFA5AF

#AFA5AF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.018 H 325.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA5AF
RGB	rgb(175, 165, 175)
HSL	hsl(300, 6%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(300, 6%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.84, 5.46, -3.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.84, 6.68, 324.75°)
OKLab	oklab(73.34% 0.015 -0.0102)
OKLCH	oklch(73.34% 0.018 325.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.8710, 39.1196, 46.0522)
Luminance	0.3912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA5AF #A5AFA5

analogous

#AAA5AF #AFA5AF #AFA5AA

triadic

#AFA5AF #AFAFA5 #A5AFAF

tetradic

#AFA5AF #AFAAA5 #A5AFA5 #A5AAAF

square

#AFA5AF #AFAAA5 #A5AFA5 #A5AAAF

split-complementary

#AFA5AF #AAAFA5 #A5AFAA

monochromatic

#736673 #928592 #AFA5AF #CCC5CC #E9E6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#AFA5AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#AFA5AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA5AF

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA5AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA5AF	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A7AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A8AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa5af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 165, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.018 325.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bfc6',
    500: '#afa5af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa5af;
$custom-light: #c6bfc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa5af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 5.882,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73342,
    "c": 0.01815,
    "h": 325.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA5AF

secondary

#D6DAD6

accent

#905656

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA5AF

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

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