#AFBEC9#AFBEC9

#AFBEC9 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.023 H 239.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFBEC9
RGB	rgb(175, 190, 201)
HSL	hsl(205, 19%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(205, 13%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 5.5%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.17, -2.91, -7.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.17, 7.84, 248.22°)
OKLab	oklab(79.34% -0.0115 -0.0196)
OKLCH	oklch(79.34% 0.023 239.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.6328, 50.1571, 62.4714)
Luminance	0.5016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFBEC9 #C9BAAF

analogous

#AFC9C7 #AFBEC9 #AFB1C9

triadic

#AFBEC9 #C9AFBE #BEC9AF

tetradic

#AFBEC9 #C7AFC9 #C9BAAF #B1C9AF

square

#AFBEC9 #C7AFC9 #C9BAAF #B1C9AF

split-complementary

#AFBEC9 #C9AFB1 #C9C7AF

monochromatic

#668397 #8AA0B0 #AFBEC9 #D4DCE2 #EDF0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#AFBEC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#AFBEC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFBEC9

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFBEC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFBEC9	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BECA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BBC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9C1C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afbec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 190, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.023 239.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7d1d9',
    500: '#afbec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afbec9;
$custom-light: #c7d1d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afbec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.385,
    "s": 19.403,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79338,
    "c": 0.02277,
    "h": 239.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFBEC9

secondary

#9D8C7F

accent

#6C489E

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFB

border

#D2D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#828383

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFBEC9

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

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