#AEAAAB#AEAAAB

#AEAAAB is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.005 H 0.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAAAB
RGB	rgb(174, 170, 171)
HSL	hsl(345, 2%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(345, 2%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 1.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.96, 1.61, -0.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.96, 1.61, 359.73°)
OKLab	oklab(74.16% 0.0048 0)
OKLCH	oklch(74.16% 0.005 0)
XYZ	xyz(39.1799, 40.6885, 44.3098)
Luminance	0.4069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAAAB #AAAEAD

analogous

#AEAAAD #AEAAAB #AEABAA

triadic

#AEAAAB #ABAEAA #AAABAE

tetradic

#AEAAAB #ADAEAA #AAAEAD #ABAAAE

square

#AEAAAB #ADAEAA #AAAEAD #ABAAAE

split-complementary

#AEAAAB #AAAEAB #AAADAE

monochromatic

#716C6D #908B8C #AEAAAB #CCC9CA #EAE9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#AEAAAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#AEAAAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAAAB

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAAAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAAAB	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAABAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABABAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFAAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaaab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 170, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.005 0.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c3c4',
    500: '#aeaaab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaaab;
$custom-light: #c6c3c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaaab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345,
    "s": 2.41,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74162,
    "c": 0.00478,
    "h": 0
  },
  "luminance": 0.40688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAAAB

secondary

#D9DBDA

accent

#8C7F59

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAAAB

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

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