#AFA9AA#AFA9AA

#AFA9AA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.007 H 5.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA9AA
RGB	rgb(175, 169, 170)
HSL	hsl(350, 4%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(350, 3%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 2.9%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.75, 2.33, 0.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.75, 2.34, 6.12°)
OKLab	oklab(74.01% 0.007 0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(74.01% 0.007 5.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.1218, 40.3924, 43.7579)
Luminance	0.4039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA9AA #A9AFAE

analogous

#AFA9AD #AFA9AA #AFABA9

triadic

#AFA9AA #AAAFA9 #A9AAAF

tetradic

#AFA9AA #ADAFA9 #A9AFAE #ABA9AF

square

#AFA9AA #ADAFA9 #A9AFAE #ABA9AF

split-complementary

#AFA9AA #A9AFAB #A9ADAF

monochromatic

#736B6C #92898B #AFA9AA #CCC9C9 #EAE8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#AFA9AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#AFA9AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA9AA

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA9AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA9AA	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAAAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABABAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa9aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 169, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.007 5.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c2c3',
    500: '#afa9aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa9aa;
$custom-light: #c6c2c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa9aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350,
    "s": 3.614,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74009,
    "c": 0.00702,
    "h": 5.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA9AA

secondary

#D9DBDB

accent

#8D8558

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA9AA

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

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