#AFAEAE#AFAEAE

#AFAEAE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.001 H 17.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAEAE
RGB	rgb(175, 174, 174)
HSL	hsl(0, 1%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(0, 1%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 0.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.17, 0.35, 0.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.17, 0.38, 19.44°)
OKLab	oklab(75.16% 0.0011 0.0003)
OKLCH	oklch(75.16% 0.001 17.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.4540, 42.4421, 46.0971)
Luminance	0.4244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAEAE #AEAFAF

analogous

#AFAEAE #AFAEAE #AFAEAE

triadic

#AFAEAE #AEAFAE #AEAEAF

tetradic

#AFAEAE #AEAFAE #AEAFAF #AEAEAF

square

#AFAEAE #AEAFAE #AEAFAF #AEAEAF

split-complementary

#AFAEAE #AEAFAE #AEAEAF

monochromatic

#727171 #918F8F #AFAEAE #CDCDCD #ECECEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#AFAEAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#AFAEAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAEAE

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAEAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAEAE	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEAEAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAEAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFAEAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afaeae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 174, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.001 17.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c6c6',
    500: '#afaeae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afaeae;
$custom-light: #c6c6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afaeae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 0.621,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75164,
    "c": 0.00114,
    "h": 17.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAEAE

secondary

#DCDDDD

accent

#8A8A5B

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAEAE

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

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