#AFA8AA#AFA8AA

#AFA8AA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.009 H 357.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA8AA
RGB	rgb(175, 168, 170)
HSL	hsl(343, 4%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(343, 4%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 2.9%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.49, 2.87, -0.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.49, 2.88, 357.32°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% 0.0085 -0.0003)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.009 357.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.9365, 40.0218, 43.6962)
Luminance	0.4002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA8AA #A8AFAD

analogous

#AFA8AE #AFA8AA #AFAAA8

triadic

#AFA8AA #AAAFA8 #A8AAAF

tetradic

#AFA8AA #AEAFA8 #A8AFAD #AAA8AF

square

#AFA8AA #AEAFA8 #A8AFAD #AAA8AF

split-complementary

#AFA8AA #A8AFAA #A8AEAF

monochromatic

#736A6C #92888B #AFA8AA #CCC8C9 #EAE8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#AFA8AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#AFA8AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA8AA

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA8AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA8AA	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)

#A9A9AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAAAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa8aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 168, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.009 357.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c1c3',
    500: '#afa8aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa8aa;
$custom-light: #c6c1c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa8aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 342.857,
    "s": 4.192,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73802,
    "c": 0.00851,
    "h": 357.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA8AA

secondary

#D8DBDA

accent

#8E7E57

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA8AA

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

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