#AFB9BE#AFB9BE

#AFB9BE is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.013 H 229.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFB9BE
RGB	rgb(175, 185, 190)
HSL	hsl(200, 10%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(200, 8%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.53, -2.48, -3.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.53, 4.47, 236.38°)
OKLab	oklab(77.94% -0.0087 -0.01)
OKLCH	oklch(77.94% 0.013 229)
XYZ	xyz(44.3205, 47.5291, 55.5443)
Luminance	0.4753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFB9BE #BEB4AF

analogous

#AFBEBC #AFB9BE #AFB2BE

triadic

#AFB9BE #BEAFB9 #B9BEAF

tetradic

#AFB9BE #BCAFBE #BEB4AF #B2BEAF

square

#AFB9BE #BCAFBE #BEB4AF #B2BEAF

split-complementary

#AFB9BE #BEAFB2 #BEBCAF

monochromatic

#6D7D86 #8D9BA3 #AFB9BE #D1D7D9 #EEF0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#AFB9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#AFB9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFB9BE

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFB9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFB9BE	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B8BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B7BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABBABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afb9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 185, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.013 229.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ced1',
    500: '#afb9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afb9be;
$custom-light: #c6ced1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afb9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 10.345,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77945,
    "c": 0.01324,
    "h": 229
  },
  "luminance": 0.4753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFB9BE

secondary

#E6E4E2

accent

#685194

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFB9BE

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

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