#AFA8AE#AFA8AE

#AFA8AE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.012 H 330.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA8AE
RGB	rgb(175, 168, 174)
HSL	hsl(309, 4%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(309, 4%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 0.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.59, 3.62, -2.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.59, 4.23, 328.84°)
OKLab	oklab(73.92% 0.0101 -0.0058)
OKLCH	oklch(73.92% 0.012 330.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.3206, 40.1754, 45.7194)
Luminance	0.4017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA8AE #A8AFA9

analogous

#ADA8AF #AFA8AE #AFA8AB

triadic

#AFA8AE #AEAFA8 #A8AEAF

tetradic

#AFA8AE #AFADA8 #A8AFA9 #A8ABAF

square

#AFA8AE #AFADA8 #A8AFA9 #A8ABAF

split-complementary

#AFA8AE #ABAFA8 #A8AFAD

monochromatic

#736A72 #928890 #AFA8AE #CCC8CC #EAE8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#AFA8AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#AFA8AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA8AE

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA8AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA8AE	1.00	2.32	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A9AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AAAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa8ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 168, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.012 330.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c1c6',
    500: '#afa8ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa8ae;
$custom-light: #c6c1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa8ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.571,
    "s": 4.192,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73924,
    "c": 0.01161,
    "h": 330.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA8AE

secondary

#D8DBD9

accent

#8E5F57

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA8AE

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

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