#AFBCB9#AFBCB9

#AFBCB9 is a light, near-neutral teal. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.015 H 180.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFBCB9
RGB	rgb(175, 188, 185)
HSL	hsl(166, 9%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(166, 7%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 0%, 1.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.19, -5.06, -0.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.19, 5.06, 180.32°)
OKLab	oklab(78.42% -0.015 -0.0001)
OKLCH	oklch(78.42% 0.015 180.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.4176, 48.5827, 52.9268)
Luminance	0.4858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFBCB9 #BCAFB2

analogous

#AFBCB2 #AFBCB9 #AFB8BC

triadic

#AFBCB9 #B9AFBC #BCB9AF

tetradic

#AFBCB9 #B2AFBC #BCAFB2 #B8BCAF

square

#AFBCB9 #B2AFBC #BCAFB2 #B8BCAF

split-complementary

#AFBCB9 #BCAFB8 #BCB2AF

monochromatic

#6E837E #8EA09C #AFBCB9 #D0D8D6 #EEF1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#AFBCB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#AFBCB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFBCB9

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFBCB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFBCB9	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBAB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B8B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACBDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afbcb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 188, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.015 180.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d0ce',
    500: '#afbcb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afbcb9;
$custom-light: #c6d0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afbcb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.154,
    "s": 8.844,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78423,
    "c": 0.01498,
    "h": 180.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFBCB9

secondary

#E5E2E2

accent

#536193

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131413

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFBCB9

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

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