#AFAEB5#AFAEB5

#AFAEB5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.010 H 292.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAEB5
RGB	rgb(175, 174, 181)
HSL	hsl(249, 5%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(249, 4%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 3.9%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.37, 1.69, -3.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.37, 3.84, 296.07°)
OKLab	oklab(75.38% 0.0038 -0.0092)
OKLCH	oklch(75.38% 0.01 292.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.1543, 42.7222, 49.7852)
Luminance	0.4272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAEB5 #B4B5AE

analogous

#AEB1B5 #AFAEB5 #B3AEB5

triadic

#AFAEB5 #B5AFAE #AEB5AF

tetradic

#AFAEB5 #B5AEB1 #B4B5AE #AEB5B3

square

#AFAEB5 #B5AEB1 #B4B5AE #AEB5B3

split-complementary

#AFAEB5 #B5B3AE #B1B5AE

monochromatic

#716F7A #8F8E98 #AFAEB5 #CFCED2 #EEEEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#AFAEB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#AFAEB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAEB5

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAEB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAEB5	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADAFB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADAFB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEAFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afaeb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 174, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.010 292.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c6cb',
    500: '#afaeb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afaeb5;
$custom-light: #c6c6cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afaeb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.571,
    "s": 4.516,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75378,
    "c": 0.00995,
    "h": 292.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAEB5

secondary

#E0E0DE

accent

#8E5786

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAEB5

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

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