#AFA9AF#AFA9AF

#AFA9AF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.011 H 325.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA9AF
RGB	rgb(175, 169, 175)
HSL	hsl(300, 4%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(300, 3%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.88, 3.26, -2.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.88, 4.00, 324.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.16% 0.009 -0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(74.16% 0.011 325.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.6038, 40.5852, 46.2965)
Luminance	0.4058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA9AF #A9AFA9

analogous

#ACA9AF #AFA9AF #AFA9AC

triadic

#AFA9AF #AFAFA9 #A9AFAF

tetradic

#AFA9AF #AFACA9 #A9AFA9 #A9ACAF

square

#AFA9AF #AFACA9 #A9AFA9 #A9ACAF

split-complementary

#AFA9AF #ACAFA9 #A9AFAC

monochromatic

#736B73 #928992 #AFA9AF #CCC9CC #EAE8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#AFA9AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#AFA9AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA9AF

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA9AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA9AF	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AAAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAABAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa9af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 169, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.011 325.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c2c6',
    500: '#afa9af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa9af;
$custom-light: #c6c2c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa9af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 3.614,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74161,
    "c": 0.01085,
    "h": 325.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA9AF

secondary

#D9DBD9

accent

#8D5858

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA9AF

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

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