#AFB9BC#AFB9BC

#AFB9BC is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.012 H 217.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFB9BC
RGB	rgb(175, 185, 188)
HSL	hsl(194, 9%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(194, 7%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 1.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.47, -2.87, -2.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.47, 3.95, 223.39°)
OKLab	oklab(77.88% -0.0095 -0.0073)
OKLCH	oklch(77.88% 0.012 217.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.1034, 47.4423, 54.4009)
Luminance	0.4744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFB9BC #BCB2AF

analogous

#AFBCB8 #AFB9BC #AFB2BC

triadic

#AFB9BC #BCAFB9 #B9BCAF

tetradic

#AFB9BC #B8AFBC #BCB2AF #B2BCAF

square

#AFB9BC #B8AFBC #BCB2AF #B2BCAF

split-complementary

#AFB9BC #BCAFB2 #BCB8AF

monochromatic

#6E7E83 #8E9CA0 #AFB9BC #D0D6D8 #EEF0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#AFB9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#AFB9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFB9BC

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFB9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFB9BC	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B8BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B6BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACBABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afb9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 185, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.012 217.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ced0',
    500: '#afb9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afb9bc;
$custom-light: #c6ced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afb9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.846,
    "s": 8.844,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77883,
    "c": 0.01196,
    "h": 217.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFB9BC

secondary

#E5E2E2

accent

#615393

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFB9BC

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

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