#AFBCB9

Closest named color: French Gray (#ADB5BD). oklch(78.4% 0.015 180.6), rgb(175, 188, 185).

Black text reads best on this color (10.71:1).

About this color

#AFBCB9 is a light close to neutral grey. In OKLCH its lightness is 78%, its chroma 0.015. It has too little chroma to lean warm or cool. The nearest named color is French Gray (#ADB5BD), ΔE 0.022 away. Black text reads best on it, at 10.71:1.

Hue family	Neutrals
Lightness	light (78%)
Chroma	close to neutral grey (0.015)
Temperature	neutral
Nearest name	French Gray (#ADB5BD)
Black text	10.71:1
White text	1.95:1

Values

HEX	#AFBCB9
RGB	rgb(175, 188, 185)
HSL	hsl(166, 9%, 71%)
OKLCH	oklch(78.4% 0.015 180.6)

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Pair	WCAG 2	Result	APCA	APCA guidance
White text on #AFBCB9	1.95:1	Fails	Lc -42.1	Non-text elements, placeholder text
Black text on #AFBCB9	10.71:1	AAA	Lc 66.2	Content text, not long reading
#AFBCB9 text on white	1.95:1	Fails	Lc 37.7	Non-text elements, placeholder text
#AFBCB9 text on black	10.71:1	AAA	Lc -64.7	Content text, not long reading

Tints and shades

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 300.

Step 50
50

#F4F6F5

oklch(97.1% 0.002 165.1)
Step 100
100

#E7EBEA

oklch(93.7% 0.004 179.7)
Step 200
200

#D4DBD9

oklch(88.5% 0.008 177.3)
Step 300
300 (this color)

#AFBCB9

oklch(78.4% 0.015 180.6)
Step 400
400

#91A6A1

oklch(70.7% 0.025 179.6)
Step 500
500

#76908A

oklch(63.1% 0.031 179.7)
Step 600
600

#5E7A74

oklch(55.6% 0.034 180.4)
Step 700
700

#4E6761

oklch(49.2% 0.031 178.6)
Step 800
800

#405450

oklch(42.8% 0.026 181.4)
Step 900
900

#364542

oklch(37.6% 0.02 181.7)
Step 950
950

#202927

oklch(27.2% 0.013 180.3)

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#AFBCB9 with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.

Vision	Seen as	Shift (ΔE)
Protanopia (no red cones)	#BBBAB9	0.017
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#B8B8B9	0.015
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#ACBDBB	0.005
Achromatopsia (no color)	#B9B9B9	0.015

Harmonies

Hue rotations in OKLCH that keep this color's lightness and chroma.

This color is close to neutral, so it has no meaningful hue to rotate. Hue harmonies are omitted.

Palettes with this color

Curated palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.04 (OKLab) of #AFBCB9, closest first.

Similar named colors

The eight closest entries in our named color list, with their ΔE distance.

Use #AFBCB9 in your product

Turn it into light and dark UI roles checked for contrast, then export to Tailwind v4, shadcn/ui, CSS or design tokens.

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