#AFAEA9#AFAEA9

#AFAEA9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.007 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAEA9
RGB	rgb(175, 174, 169)
HSL	hsl(50, 4%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(50, 3%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 3.4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.04, -0.57, 2.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.04, 2.75, 101.96°)
OKLab	oklab(75.02% -0.0009 0.0071)
OKLCH	oklch(75.02% 0.007 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.9756, 42.2507, 43.5777)
Luminance	0.4225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAEA9 #A9AAAF

analogous

#AFABA9 #AFAEA9 #ADAFA9

triadic

#AFAEA9 #A9AFAE #AEA9AF

tetradic

#AFAEA9 #A9AFAB #A9AAAF #AFA9AD

square

#AFAEA9 #A9AFAB #A9AAAF #AFA9AD

split-complementary

#AFAEA9 #A9ADAF #ABA9AF

monochromatic

#73716B #929089 #AFAEA9 #CCCCC9 #EAEAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#AFAEA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#AFAEA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAEA9

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAEA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAEA9	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAEA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAEA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0ADAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afaea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 174, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.007 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c6c2',
    500: '#afaea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afaea9;
$custom-light: #c6c6c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afaea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 3.614,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75017,
    "c": 0.00715,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAEA9

secondary

#D9D9DB

accent

#618D58

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F7

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAEA9

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

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