#AEABA4#AEABA4

#AEABA4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.010 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEABA4
RGB	rgb(174, 171, 164)
HSL	hsl(42, 6%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(42, 6%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 5.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.04, -0.21, 3.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.04, 3.98, 93.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.17% 0.0005 0.0105)
OKLCH	oklch(74.17% 0.01 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.7184, 40.8050, 40.9512)
Luminance	0.4081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEABA4 #A4A7AE

analogous

#AEA6A4 #AEABA4 #ACAEA4

triadic

#AEABA4 #A4AEAB #ABA4AE

tetradic

#AEABA4 #A4AEA6 #A4A7AE #AEA4AC

square

#AEABA4 #A4AEA6 #A4A7AE #AEA4AC

split-complementary

#AEABA4 #A4ACAE #A6A4AE

monochromatic

#726E66 #918D84 #AEABA4 #CBC9C4 #E8E7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#AEABA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#AEABA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEABA4

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEABA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEABA4	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADABA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEACA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0AAA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaba4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 171, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.010 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c4bf',
    500: '#aeaba4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaba4;
$custom-light: #c6c4bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaba4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 5.814,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74166,
    "c": 0.01048,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEABA4

secondary

#D5D6D9

accent

#679056

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F6

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEABA4

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

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