#AFA6AF#AFA6AF

#AFA6AF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.016 H 325.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA6AF
RGB	rgb(175, 166, 175)
HSL	hsl(300, 5%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(300, 5%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.10, 4.91, -3.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.10, 6.01, 324.72°)
OKLab	oklab(73.55% 0.0135 -0.0092)
OKLCH	oklch(73.55% 0.016 325.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.0521, 39.4818, 46.1126)
Luminance	0.3948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA6AF #A6AFA6

analogous

#ABA6AF #AFA6AF #AFA6AB

triadic

#AFA6AF #AFAFA6 #A6AFAF

tetradic

#AFA6AF #AFABA6 #A6AFA6 #A6ABAF

square

#AFA6AF #AFABA6 #A6AFA6 #A6ABAF

split-complementary

#AFA6AF #ABAFA6 #A6AFAB

monochromatic

#736773 #928692 #AFA6AF #CCC6CC #E9E6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#AFA6AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#AFA6AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA6AF

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA6AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA6AF	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A8AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A9AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa6af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 166, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.016 325.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c0c6',
    500: '#afa6af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa6af;
$custom-light: #c6c0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa6af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 5.325,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73546,
    "c": 0.01631,
    "h": 325.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA6AF

secondary

#D7DAD7

accent

#8F5656

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA6AF

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

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