#AFA8A5#AFA8A5

#AFA8A5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.009 H 44.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA8A5
RGB	rgb(175, 168, 165)
HSL	hsl(18, 6%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(18, 6%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 5.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.35, 1.96, 2.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.35, 3.13, 51.18°)
OKLab	oklab(73.66% 0.0065 0.0065)
OKLCH	oklch(73.66% 0.009 44.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.4725, 39.8361, 41.2524)
Luminance	0.3984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA8A5 #A5ACAF

analogous

#AFA5A7 #AFA8A5 #AFADA5

triadic

#AFA8A5 #A5AFA8 #A8A5AF

tetradic

#AFA8A5 #A7AFA5 #A5ACAF #ADA5AF

square

#AFA8A5 #A7AFA5 #A5ACAF #ADA5AF

split-complementary

#AFA8A5 #A5AFAD #A5A7AF

monochromatic

#736A66 #928985 #AFA8A5 #CCC7C5 #E9E7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#AFA8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#AFA8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA8A5

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA8A5	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA9A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAAA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 168, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.009 44.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c1bf',
    500: '#afa8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa8a5;
$custom-light: #c6c1bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18,
    "s": 5.882,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73655,
    "c": 0.00918,
    "h": 44.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA8A5

secondary

#D6D9DA

accent

#7E9056

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA8A5

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

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