#AFACAE#AFACAE

#AFACAE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.004 H 337.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFACAE
RGB	rgb(175, 172, 174)
HSL	hsl(320, 2%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(320, 2%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 0.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.65, 1.44, -0.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.65, 1.58, 335.78°)
OKLab	oklab(74.75% 0.0041 -0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(74.75% 0.004 337.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.0705, 41.6751, 45.9693)
Luminance	0.4168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFACAE #ACAFAD

analogous

#AEACAF #AFACAE #AFACAC

triadic

#AFACAE #AEAFAC #ACAEAF

tetradic

#AFACAE #AFAEAC #ACAFAD #ACACAF

square

#AFACAE #AFAEAC #ACAFAD #ACACAF

split-complementary

#AFACAE #ACAFAC #ACAFAE

monochromatic

#726E71 #918D90 #AFACAE #CDCBCC #EBEAEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#AFACAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#AFACAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFACAE

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFACAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFACAE	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACADAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADADAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFACAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afacae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 172, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.004 337.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c4c6',
    500: '#afacae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afacae;
$custom-light: #c6c4c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afacae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 320,
    "s": 1.84,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74749,
    "c": 0.00441,
    "h": 337.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFACAE

secondary

#DBDCDB

accent

#8C6A5A

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFACAE

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →