#AAAEB4#AAAEB4

#AAAEB4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.010 H 258.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAEB4
RGB	rgb(170, 174, 180)
HSL	hsl(216, 6%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(216, 6%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 3.3%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.95, -0.24, -3.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.95, 3.56, 266.12°)
OKLab	oklab(74.94% -0.002 -0.0095)
OKLCH	oklch(74.94% 0.01 258.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.9502, 42.1132, 49.1951)
Luminance	0.4211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAEB4 #B4B0AA

analogous

#AAB3B4 #AAAEB4 #ABAAB4

triadic

#AAAEB4 #B4AAAE #AEB4AA

tetradic

#AAAEB4 #B4AAB3 #B4B0AA #AAB4AB

square

#AAAEB4 #B4AAB3 #B4B0AA #AAB4AB

split-complementary

#AAAEB4 #B4ABAA #B3B4AA

monochromatic

#6B7079 #898F97 #AAAEB4 #CBCDD1 #EBECED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#AAAEB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#AAAEB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAEB4

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAEB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAEB4	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACAEB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABADB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8AFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaaeb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 174, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.010 258.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c6ca',
    500: '#aaaeb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaaeb4;
$custom-light: #c3c6ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaaeb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 6.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74945,
    "c": 0.0097,
    "h": 258.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAEB4

secondary

#DEDDDB

accent

#795590

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F8

border

#D0D1D1

text

#121313

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAEB4

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

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