#AFB8BC#AFB8BC

#AFB8BC is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.012 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFB8BC
RGB	rgb(175, 184, 188)
HSL	hsl(198, 9%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(198, 7%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 2.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.21, -2.34, -3.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.21, 3.89, 233.03°)
OKLab	oklab(77.67% -0.008 -0.0083)
OKLCH	oklch(77.67% 0.012 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.8949, 47.0254, 54.3314)
Luminance	0.4703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFB8BC #BCB3AF

analogous

#AFBCB9 #AFB8BC #AFB1BC

triadic

#AFB8BC #BCAFB8 #B8BCAF

tetradic

#AFB8BC #B9AFBC #BCB3AF #B1BCAF

square

#AFB8BC #B9AFBC #BCB3AF #B1BCAF

split-complementary

#AFB8BC #BCAFB1 #BCB9AF

monochromatic

#6E7C83 #8E9AA0 #AFB8BC #D0D6D8 #EEF0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#AFB8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#AFB8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFB8BC

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFB8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFB8BC	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B7BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B6BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACB9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afb8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 184, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.012 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cdd0',
    500: '#afb8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afb8bc;
$custom-light: #c6cdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afb8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.462,
    "s": 8.844,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77674,
    "c": 0.01157,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFB8BC

secondary

#E5E3E2

accent

#665393

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFB8BC

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

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