#AFAEAF#AFAEAF

#AFAEAF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.002 H 325.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAEAF
RGB	rgb(175, 174, 175)
HSL	hsl(300, 1%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(300, 1%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.20, 0.54, -0.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.20, 0.67, 324.47°)
OKLab	oklab(75.19% 0.0015 -0.001)
OKLCH	oklch(75.19% 0.002 325.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.5518, 42.4812, 46.6125)
Luminance	0.4248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAEAF #AEAFAE

analogous

#AEAEAF #AFAEAF #AFAEAE

triadic

#AFAEAF #AFAFAE #AEAFAF

tetradic

#AFAEAF #AFAEAE #AEAFAE #AEAEAF

square

#AFAEAF #AFAEAE #AEAFAE #AEAEAF

split-complementary

#AFAEAF #AEAFAE #AEAFAE

monochromatic

#727172 #918F91 #AFAEAF #CDCDCD #ECECEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#AFAEAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#AFAEAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAEAF

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAEAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAEAF	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEAEAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAEAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFAEAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afaeaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 174, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.002 325.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afaeaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 0.621,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75194,
    "c": 0.00181,
    "h": 325.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAEAF

secondary

#DCDDDC

accent

#8A5B5B

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAEAF

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

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