#AFA9AE#AFA9AE

#AFA9AE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.010 H 331.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA9AE
RGB	rgb(175, 169, 174)
HSL	hsl(310, 4%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(310, 3%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 0.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.86, 3.07, -1.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.86, 3.56, 329.60°)
OKLab	oklab(74.13% 0.0086 -0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(74.13% 0.01 331)
XYZ	xyz(39.5060, 40.5461, 45.7811)
Luminance	0.4055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA9AE #A9AFAA

analogous

#ADA9AF #AFA9AE #AFA9AB

triadic

#AFA9AE #AEAFA9 #A9AEAF

tetradic

#AFA9AE #AFADA9 #A9AFAA #A9ABAF

square

#AFA9AE #AFADA9 #A9AFAA #A9ABAF

split-complementary

#AFA9AE #ABAFA9 #A9AFAD

monochromatic

#736B71 #928990 #AFA9AE #CCC9CC #EAE8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#AFA9AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#AFA9AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA9AE

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA9AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA9AE	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AAAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAABAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa9ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 169, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.010 331.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c2c6',
    500: '#afa9ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa9ae;
$custom-light: #c6c2c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa9ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 310,
    "s": 3.614,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7413,
    "c": 0.0098,
    "h": 331
  },
  "luminance": 0.40546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA9AE

secondary

#D9DBD9

accent

#8D6158

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA9AE

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

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