#AFA8A9#AFA8A9

#AFA8A9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.008 H 7.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA8A9
RGB	rgb(175, 168, 169)
HSL	hsl(351, 4%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(351, 4%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 3.4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.46, 2.69, 0.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.46, 2.72, 8.04°)
OKLab	oklab(73.77% 0.0081 0.0011)
OKLCH	oklch(73.77% 0.008 7.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.8423, 39.9841, 43.1999)
Luminance	0.3998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA8A9 #A8AFAE

analogous

#AFA8AD #AFA8A9 #AFABA8

triadic

#AFA8A9 #A9AFA8 #A8A9AF

tetradic

#AFA8A9 #ADAFA8 #A8AFAE #ABA8AF

square

#AFA8A9 #ADAFA8 #A8AFAE #ABA8AF

split-complementary

#AFA8A9 #A8AFAB #A8ADAF

monochromatic

#736A6B #928889 #AFA8A9 #CCC8C9 #EAE8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#AFA8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#AFA8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA8A9

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA8A9	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A9A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAAA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 168, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.008 7.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c1c2',
    500: '#afa8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa8a9;
$custom-light: #c6c1c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.429,
    "s": 4.192,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73773,
    "c": 0.00818,
    "h": 7.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA8A9

secondary

#D8DBDA

accent

#8E8657

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA8A9

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

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