#AFA8AF#AFA8AF

#AFA8AF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.013 H 325.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA8AF
RGB	rgb(175, 168, 175)
HSL	hsl(300, 4%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(300, 4%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.62, 3.81, -2.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.62, 4.67, 324.66°)
OKLab	oklab(73.96% 0.0105 -0.0071)
OKLCH	oklch(73.96% 0.013 325.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.4185, 40.2146, 46.2347)
Luminance	0.4021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA8AF #A8AFA8

analogous

#ACA8AF #AFA8AF #AFA8AC

triadic

#AFA8AF #AFAFA8 #A8AFAF

tetradic

#AFA8AF #AFACA8 #A8AFA8 #A8ACAF

square

#AFA8AF #AFACA8 #A8AFA8 #A8ACAF

split-complementary

#AFA8AF #ACAFA8 #A8AFAC

monochromatic

#736A73 #928892 #AFA8AF #CCC8CC #EAE8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#AFA8AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#AFA8AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA8AF

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA8AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA8AF	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AAAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AAAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa8af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 168, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.013 325.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c1c6',
    500: '#afa8af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa8af;
$custom-light: #c6c1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa8af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 4.192,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73955,
    "c": 0.01267,
    "h": 325.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA8AF

secondary

#D8DBD8

accent

#8E5757

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA8AF

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

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