#AEAAB5#AEAAB5

#AEAAB5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.016 H 302.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#AEAAB5
RGBrgb(174, 170, 181)
HSLhsl(262, 7%, 69%)
HSVhsv(262, 6%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(3.9%, 6.1%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LABlab(70.23, 3.52, -5.13)
CIE-LCHlch(70.23, 6.22, 304.48°)
OKLaboklab(74.47% 0.0087 -0.0137)
OKLCHoklch(74.47% 0.016 302.5)
XYZxyz(40.1693, 41.0843, 49.5210)
Luminance0.4108 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygrey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#AEAAB5 #B1B5AA
analogous
#AAACB5 #AEAAB5 #B4AAB5
triadic
#AEAAB5 #B5AEAA #AAB5AE
tetradic
#AEAAB5 #B5AAAC #B1B5AA #AAB5B4
square
#AEAAB5 #B5AAAC #B1B5AA #AAB5B4
split-complementary
#AEAAB5 #B5B4AA #ACB5AA
monochromatic
#706A7A #8F8999 #AEAAB5 #CDCBD1 #ECEBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28
#AEAAB5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22
#AEAAB5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAAB5
9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##AEAAB5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##AEAAB51.002.289.229.22
#FFFFFF2.281.0021.0021.00
#0000009.2221.001.001.00
##0000009.2221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A8ACB6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A9ACB5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#ADABAD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #aeaab5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 170, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.016 302.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c3cb',
    500: '#aeaab5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #aeaab5;
$custom-light: #c6c3cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#aeaab5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.818,
    "s": 6.918,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74471,
    "c": 0.01619,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#AEAAB5
secondary
#DEDFDC
accent
#91557B
background
#FCFBFC
surface
#F8F7F8
border
#D1D0D1
text
#131213
muted
#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAAB5

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

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#AEAAB5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva