#AFABAB#AFABAB

#AFABAB is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.005 H 17.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFABAB
RGB	rgb(175, 171, 171)
HSL	hsl(0, 2%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(0, 2%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 2.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.30, 1.42, 0.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.30, 1.51, 19.54°)
OKLab	oklab(74.45% 0.0044 0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(74.45% 0.005 17.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.5917, 41.1802, 44.3830)
Luminance	0.4118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#AFABAB #ABAFAF

analogous

#AFABAD #AFABAB #AFADAB

triadic

#AFABAB #ABAFAB #ABABAF

tetradic

#AFABAB #ADAFAB #ABAFAF #ADABAF

square

#AFABAB #ADAFAB #ABAFAF #ADABAF

split-complementary

#AFABAB #ABAFAD #ABADAF

monochromatic

#736D6D #918C8C #AFABAB #CDCACA #EBEAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#AFABAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#AFABAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFABAB

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFABAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFABAB	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACABAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACACAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0ABAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afabab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 171, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.005 17.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c4c4',
    500: '#afabab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afabab;
$custom-light: #c6c4c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afabab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 2.439,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74452,
    "c": 0.00459,
    "h": 17.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFABAB

secondary

#DADCDC

accent

#8C8C59

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFABAB

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

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