Light gray
#AFB2BD
#AFB2BD is a light gray with almost no color, at step 300 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 8.9:1. On white it reaches only 2.1:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#AFB2BD shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #AFB2BD kept exactly at step 300. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 F4F6FF
- 100 E8EBF3
- 200 D6D9E2
- 300 AFB2BD
- 400 A0A3AD
- 500 848792
- 600 6A6D77
- 700 52555E
- 800 3D3F47
- 900 292B32
- 950 17181D
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-gray-50: #f4f6ff; --color-gray-100: #e8ebf3; --color-gray-200: #d6d9e2; --color-gray-300: #afb2bd; --color-gray-400: #a0a3ad; --color-gray-500: #848792; --color-gray-600: #6a6d77; --color-gray-700: #52555e; --color-gray-800: #3d3f47; --color-gray-900: #292b32; --color-gray-950: #17181d;}Is #AFB2BD readable?
Contrast for text on #AFB2BD and for #AFB2BD used as text. WCAG 2.2 asks for 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text; APCA Lc rates how comfortable the text is to read.
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
White text on it
Fail · 2.1APCA Lc 46 · Large text and headings
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 8.9APCA Lc 62 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #747681 · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 2.1APCA Lc 41 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 8.9APCA Lc 60 · Content text 16px and up
Color palettes with #AFB2BD
Six palettes built around #AFB2BD, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#AFB2BD · #AE86CC · #31A8EB · #FFDCFE · #27292E
- Complementary#AFB2BD · #C5B063 · #D5AC00 · #D6DEFF · #292A35
- Split complementary#AFB2BD · #DC8D2F · #8BC63C · #DAE2FF · #1F2025
- Triadic#AFB2BD · #D77E62 · #28B467 · #CCDAFF · #1C1E2E
- Tetradic#AFB2BD · #D18190 · #CBB03F · #94EAD9 · #2B2D36
- Monochromatic#AFB2BD · #7684C7 · #A2B1FF · #E3E6FF · #1A202E
#AFB2BD as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #AFB2BD looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #F4F6FF
- Brand 100, #E8EBF3
- Brand 200, #D6D9E2
- Brand 300, #AFB2BD
- Brand 400, #A0A3AD
- Brand 500, #848792
- Brand 600, #6A6D77
- Brand 700, #52555E
- Brand 800, #3D3F47
- Brand 900, #292B32
- Brand 950, #17181D
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #FAFAFB
- Neutral 100, #F4F4F5
- Neutral 200, #E4E5E7
- Neutral 300, #D3D4D8
- Neutral 400, #9FA1A6
- Neutral 500, #717379
- Neutral 600, #52545A
- Neutral 700, #3F4045
- Neutral 800, #26282C
- Neutral 900, #16181C
- Neutral 950, #090A0E
Success
- Success 50, #E5FFE9
- Success 100, #BEFECA
- Success 200, #A7EDB5
- Success 300, #87D597
- Success 400, #65B979
- Success 500, #50A766
- Success 600, #278143
- Success 700, #06672E
- Success 800, #004E20
- Success 900, #003614
- Success 950, #001F09
Warning
- Warning 50, #FFF5E9
- Warning 100, #FFE7CA
- Warning 200, #FFD096
- Warning 300, #E6A64F
- Warning 400, #D29541
- Warning 500, #B67917
- Warning 600, #956000
- Warning 700, #764B00
- Warning 800, #593800
- Warning 900, #3E2500
- Warning 950, #251400
Danger
- Danger 50, #FFF4F2
- Danger 100, #FFE4E0
- Danger 200, #FFCBC4
- Danger 300, #FFA398
- Danger 400, #F7766B
- Danger 500, #D4534A
- Danger 600, #B93B35
- Danger 700, #9A211F
- Danger 800, #7B070C
- Danger 900, #580004
- Danger 950, #360002
Info
- Info 50, #F0F8FF
- Info 100, #DBEEFF
- Info 200, #B9DEFF
- Info 300, #84C7FF
- Info 400, #5FAAE7
- Info 500, #3E8CC9
- Info 600, #2173AD
- Info 700, #00598F
- Info 800, #00436D
- Info 900, #002E4D
- Info 950, #001A2F
- Primary buttons use Brand 300 with neutral 950 text, at 9.4:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 300: it already reads on the dark background at 9.4:1.
- Neutrals carry a hint of its hue, so grays, borders and surfaces feel related to the brand.
- Success, warning, danger and info lean toward its hue and stay easy to tell apart.
Colors related to #AFB2BD
Lighter and darker versions of #AFB2BD.