#AFA8A8#AFA8A8

#AFA8A8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.008 H 17.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA8A8
RGB	rgb(175, 168, 168)
HSL	hsl(0, 4%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(0, 4%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.43, 2.51, 0.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.43, 2.66, 19.65°)
OKLab	oklab(73.74% 0.0077 0.0024)
OKLCH	oklch(73.74% 0.008 17.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.7487, 39.9467, 42.7073)
Luminance	0.3995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA8A8 #A8AFAF

analogous

#AFA8AC #AFA8A8 #AFACA8

triadic

#AFA8A8 #A8AFA8 #A8A8AF

tetradic

#AFA8A8 #ACAFA8 #A8AFAF #ACA8AF

square

#AFA8A8 #ACAFA8 #A8AFAF #ACA8AF

split-complementary

#AFA8A8 #A8AFAC #A8ACAF

monochromatic

#736A6A #928888 #AFA8A8 #CCC8C8 #EAE8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#AFA8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#AFA8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA8A8

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA8A8	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A9A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAAA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 168, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.008 17.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c1c1',
    500: '#afa8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa8a8;
$custom-light: #c6c1c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 4.192,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73743,
    "c": 0.00808,
    "h": 17.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA8A8

secondary

#D8DBDB

accent

#8E8E57

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA8A8

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

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