#AAAEB5#AAAEB5

#AAAEB5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.011 H 261.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAEB5
RGB	rgb(170, 174, 181)
HSL	hsl(218, 7%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(218, 6%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 3.9%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.98, -0.04, -4.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.98, 4.07, 269.40°)
OKLab	oklab(74.98% -0.0016 -0.0109)
OKLCH	oklch(74.98% 0.011 261.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.0525, 42.1541, 49.7336)
Luminance	0.4215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAEB5 #B5B1AA

analogous

#AAB4B5 #AAAEB5 #ACAAB5

triadic

#AAAEB5 #B5AAAE #AEB5AA

tetradic

#AAAEB5 #B5AAB4 #B5B1AA #AAB5AC

square

#AAAEB5 #B5AAB4 #B5B1AA #AAB5AC

split-complementary

#AAAEB5 #B5ACAA #B4B5AA

monochromatic

#6A707A #898F99 #AAAEB5 #CBCDD1 #EBECEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#AAAEB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#AAAEB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAEB5

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAEB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAEB5	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACAEB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABADB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8AFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaaeb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 174, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.011 261.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c6cb',
    500: '#aaaeb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaaeb5;
$custom-light: #c3c6cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaaeb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.182,
    "s": 6.918,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74976,
    "c": 0.01098,
    "h": 261.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAEB5

secondary

#DFDEDC

accent

#7B5591

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F8

border

#D0D1D1

text

#121313

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAEB5

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

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