#AFB8BE#AFB8BE

#AFB8BE is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.013 H 236.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFB8BE
RGB	rgb(175, 184, 190)
HSL	hsl(204, 10%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(204, 8%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 3.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.26, -1.94, -4.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.26, 4.55, 244.75°)
OKLab	oklab(77.74% -0.0072 -0.011)
OKLCH	oklch(77.74% 0.013 236.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.1120, 47.1122, 55.4748)
Luminance	0.4711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFB8BE #BEB5AF

analogous

#AFBEBD #AFB8BE #AFB1BE

triadic

#AFB8BE #BEAFB8 #B8BEAF

tetradic

#AFB8BE #BDAFBE #BEB5AF #B1BEAF

square

#AFB8BE #BDAFBE #BEB5AF #B1BEAF

split-complementary

#AFB8BE #BEAFB1 #BEBDAF

monochromatic

#6D7C86 #8D9AA3 #AFB8BE #D1D6D9 #EEF0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#AFB8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#AFB8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFB8BE

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFB8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFB8BE	1.00	2.01	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B8BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B6BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABBABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afb8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 184, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.013 236.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cdd1',
    500: '#afb8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afb8be;
$custom-light: #c6cdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afb8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 10.345,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77736,
    "c": 0.0132,
    "h": 236.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFB8BE

secondary

#E6E4E2

accent

#6C5194

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFB8BE

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

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