#AEABA5#AEABA5

#AEABA5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.009 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEABA5
RGB	rgb(174, 171, 165)
HSL	hsl(40, 5%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(40, 5%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 5.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.06, -0.03, 3.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.06, 3.46, 90.49°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% 0.0009 0.0091)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.009 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.8091, 40.8413, 41.4287)
Luminance	0.4084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEABA5 #A5A8AE

analogous

#AEA7A5 #AEABA5 #ADAEA5

triadic

#AEABA5 #A5AEAB #ABA5AE

tetradic

#AEABA5 #A5AEA7 #A5A8AE #AEA5AD

square

#AEABA5 #A5AEA7 #A5A8AE #AEA5AD

split-complementary

#AEABA5 #A5ADAE #A7A5AE

monochromatic

#726E67 #918D85 #AEABA5 #CBC9C5 #E8E7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#AEABA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#AEABA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEABA5

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEABA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEABA5	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADABA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADACA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0AAA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaba5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 171, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.009 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c4bf',
    500: '#aeaba5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaba5;
$custom-light: #c6c4bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaba5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 5.263,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74194,
    "c": 0.00917,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEABA5

secondary

#D6D7D9

accent

#698F56

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F7

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEABA5

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

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