#AFB4BC#AFB4BC

#AFB4BC is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.013 H 259.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFB4BC
RGB	rgb(175, 180, 188)
HSL	hsl(217, 9%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(217, 7%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 4.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.15, -0.19, -4.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.15, 4.67, 267.69°)
OKLab	oklab(76.84% -0.0022 -0.0125)
OKLCH	oklch(76.84% 0.013 259.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.0757, 45.3870, 54.0584)
Luminance	0.4539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFB4BC #BCB7AF

analogous

#AFBABC #AFB4BC #B0AFBC

triadic

#AFB4BC #BCAFB4 #B4BCAF

tetradic

#AFB4BC #BCAFBA #BCB7AF #AFBCB0

square

#AFB4BC #BCAFBA #BCB7AF #AFBCB0

split-complementary

#AFB4BC #BCB0AF #BABCAF

monochromatic

#6E7683 #8E95A0 #AFB4BC #D0D3D8 #EEEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#AFB4BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#AFB4BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFB4BC

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFB4BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFB4BC	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B4BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B3BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACB6B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afb4bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 180, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.013 259.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cad0',
    500: '#afb4bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afb4bc;
$custom-light: #c6cad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afb4bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.923,
    "s": 8.844,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7684,
    "c": 0.01269,
    "h": 259.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFB4BC

secondary

#E5E4E2

accent

#7A5393

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFB4BC

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

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